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you cant sail a boat to the north pole because that would just be stupid. you would have to bring lots of food and it would be cold. also there is lots of things jin your way and chances are you dont even now how to sail a boat.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoA permanent ice cap covers the North Pole. Submarines have traveled to the pole, but no surface vessels can.
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∙ 11y agoBecause the south pole is located on land.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the North Pole can be found on the Arctic Ice Sheet which floats on the Arctic Ocean.
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Did James cook sail to the south pole?
Captain Cook was the first European to cross the Antarctic Circle. But he most likely did not sail to the south pole, because the pole is a good 300 miles from the nearest ocean, and probably more than 1,000 miles from the nearest water that's not permanently frozen.
Is you cant blow your own sail part of newtons law?
no
Did columus sail north or south of the equator?
Columbus set sail from Europe ... which is north of the equator ... and I'm pretty sure he never crossed it.
How does wind move a sail?
Sails catch the wind which propels the boat forward 2nd Answereer says: Previous answerer has been tricked by a trick question: IN REALITY the wind foils around the the sail and PULLS the boat forward. A sail is nothing more than a vertical wing, providing LIFT. Should you ever have the pleasure to experience a strong puff of wind startling your becalmed craft, you will FEEL the LIFT that is provided. It's a physics thing (Aerodynamics). 3rd Answerer says: Actually, its a bit of both! When sailing "with the wind" (i.e. wind coming from straight behind the boat and hitting the sail pretty well square on) the push on the sail is transferred to the mast and boat. There's obviously a little bit of "less air pressure behind the sail" as a result, so there is some kind of "pull" going on too, but not much like this. (Air is too "runny" and will not let a significant area of low pressure form at lower speeds.) But a triangular sailed boat is pretty clever really because you don't have to sail with the wind mostly behind you - you can sail "across" the wind, and depending on the design of the sail and boat combined can get pretty close up to the point where you start to sail into the wind. Some of this force is just from the "push" from the wind on the sail, and the structure of the boom/mast transfers the push onto the frame of the boat again. But the clever bit is that the shape of the sail does indeed then form a "wing" too, just like you get on an aeroplane, and the air hitting the sail supports the shape. Air flowing around the "front" of it then moves faster than behind it so you get a lower pressure forming in front which in turn "lifts" the boat forward. (Easier to draw than put in words!) If you sail ("point up") too close the the direction the wind is coming from the sail will start to "luff" as air starts to come around the front of the sail, and pushes the front of it nearest the mast in the other way, spoiling the shape of the aerofoil wing and as a result the speed then drops off pretty sharply!
What latitude can you sail around the globe?
-- In the northern Hemisphere, there is no land north of about 83.63° north latitude. That's a radius of about 425 miles all the way around the north Pole. But there's plenty of ice, so sailing around those latitudes isn't easy. -- In the southern Hemisphere, there is no land from about 55.97° to 61° south latitude ... a gap of almost 350 miles ... except for the tiny South Orkney Islands which occupy less than 15 miles in that gap.
What is on a boat and holds up a sail?
the pole that holds up the sail is called the mast
Will the boat on Poptropica sail out?
no it cant impossible
What is a pole on a sailboat?
a pole is used on symmetrical boats, or a boat that has the spinnaker, or kite, out in front of it. An A-Symmetrical boat puts the spinnaker to the side. A-Symmetrical boats use a bowsprit to hold the sail out in front of the boat, but Symmetricals use a pole. it clips onto the mast of the boat, and the other ends holds the sail.
Where did Robert Edwin Peary sail from?
the north pole to the south pole?
What year did Roald Amundsen set sail in the Fram for the North Pole?
Amundsen set sail in the Fram for the North Pole in 1910, and while at sea, altered his destination to the South Pole.
How can a sail boat go twice the speed of wind?
it cant
What is a pole on a sail boat?
If you mean the vertical poles to which sails are attached, these are called masts.
The boom of a boat?
The boom is the horizontal pole attached to the bottom of a sailing boat's mast to which the lower edge of the sail is attached.
Why is sailing a ship north toward the north pole considered suck a risk?
The north pole is covered with ice, you can not sail through ice.
What is a pole called on a sail boat?
If you mean the vertical poles to which sails are attached, these are called masts.
What was the first submarine to sail to the north pole?
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What is the name for the pole on a sail boat?
The vertical pole is called a "Mast". The horizontal poles (on 3-masted ships for instance) are called "Arms" or "Yardarms".
