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How can a boat sail in a straight line?

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What does a red and green light mean when seen at night?

a sail boat is heading straight at you


How does a boat sail against the wind?

To sail against the wind, a boat has to 'tack'. This means that instead of sailing straight into the wind (which would get you nowhere) you sail in a zig-zag in the direction you intend to go. On each tack, the wind is on a different side of the sail.


How do you draw a straight line along the side of a boat that is out of the water?

Use a string for a straight line.


How do sails and the wind move a boat?

The wind hitting the sail at an angle upwind pushes it sideways which is why you zigzag. Downwind wind hit sail straight on


What is a boat with a sail called?

A sail boat or yacht.


What holds up a sail on a sail boat?

The halyard (a line, NOT a rope) keeps it tied up to the mast (that vertical post-thing).


What boat has a sail?

A sail boat Also motorsailers and rafts


Did Christopher Columbus sail by boat?

Yes he did sail by boat


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Ropes holding up the sails on a boat?

The halyard holds the sail up. When a rope has an assigned job on a boat (or a ship) it is referred to as a line.

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