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Sailing
Questions about wind-propelled water vessels, their maintenance, handling and rules governing their use.
2,485 Questions
White lights can sometimes be found on what type of buoys?
Regulatory buoys can sometimes have white lights. This type of buoy alert operators of vessels of warnings and regulations in the area.
Why are triangular sails better than square ones?
because with the larger surface area being lower on the mast and the smaller surface area on the upper part. equalizing the torque along the mast from the force of the wind.
What runs forward to aft aft to forward port to starboard but never starboard to port?
ships hull number/name
White lights can be found on what type of bouys?
Safe water buoys are regulated to have white lights on them. Safe water buoys are found in waters close to shore that let boat operators know what parts of a waterway are safe for navigation.
How do I put up the mainsail on a Soling sailboat?
Use the sail pullr uppr rope /line called a/the Halyard. It is traditionally on the starboard/right side of the mast. If it a
has a fitting attach same to the top/head of the sail and then seed the sail luff rope or sail slugs into the groove in the back of the mast.
Have Crew/Assistant feed the Luff Rope on the sail from as low a point in the cockpit, or desk as possible so it will feed smoothly whilst you haul the sail up with the Halyard.
Haul fairly tight and then clet the halyard to the Mast or deck and coil/hang the remainder of the Halyard in the cockpit.attach the bottom of the sail Tack to the boom at the mast and the Clew at the outer end of the Boom.
Be alert and observant.
Scan 360 degrees and act accordingly. ALWAYS look before you leap.
What were punishments on a sailing ship in 1830?
Public flogging on deck, with all hands assembled.
Keel-hauling.
Completing the voyage in irons (under lock and key in the brig) awaiting trial on shore.
How many ropes were there on an 17th century sailing ship?
In Frank Worsley's First Voyage, he is asked this by his Bosun, and for the good ship Wairoa, which is shown as a three-masted square-rigged ship, the answers follow.
There were only 9 actually called 'ropes', (p.77), but in total there were some 240 halyards, tacks, sheets, buntlines, downhauls, outhauls, spilling-lines, leach-lines, clewlines, reef tackles, bowlines, guys and clewgarnets.
And a few more, and the Bosun finished his instruction tour with "Remember them for tomorrow."
The next day the Bosun conducted a tour but after the first four named correctly, the fifth in error earned Frank a hard slap with a rope end round the buttocks, which as he points out, at the end of the tour he still did not feel like sitting down.
This would have been about 1890. Frank is better known for his work on Shackleton's Endurance, and for his superb navigation of the 22 foot James Caird across some 800 miles of the Antarctic Ocean to Elephant island, and subsequently to South Georgia, where they walked for 36 hours across that island to raise a rescue.
What is the minimum amount of masts on a schooner?
The minimum amount of masts on a schooner is two or more. The foremost mast is typically no taller than the rear mast. These vessels were first used by the Dutch in the 16th and 17th century. Original schooners were gaff-rigged.
What is another name for a tiller or wheel to steer a boat?
The proper term is helm. Hence the person doing the steering is called the helmsman.
What kind of triangular sail was invented in 500 a.d. that allowed ships to sail more into the wind?
a Lateen Sail
Who was the first explorer to find America by sailing west from Europe?
Christopher Columbus.
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If you count people from Norway, Leif Ericson was the first to find and explore parts of North America by sailing west from Europe. He found Newfoundland (go figure) and Labrador, parts of modern day Canada and even established a settlement or two in these places. This was at the turn of the last millennium, almost 500 years before Columbus, about 1003 to 1005 AD. These dates are estimates with an error of a year or two.
If your facing the stern of the boat and do a 90 degree angle will you be seeing the starboard?
Depends on whic direction you turn. Turning counter-clockwise will make you face starboard.
No, he died in 2001. He was killed by pirates in Brazil while defending his boat and his men.
It depends. You can measure sails using a simple measuring tape.
Why have the Greeks always spent a lot of sailing on the seas?
The country of Greece is surrounded on three sides by the Mediterranean Sea, and also has many major and minor islands within its borders. Due to this, the Greeks have always needed to use the sea for much of their transportation and food gathering.
What is a 2 masted sailing ship called?
A two-masted sailing ship is commonly referred to as a "sloop" or a "ketch," depending on the configuration of the sails. In a sloop, both masts are fore-and-aft rigged, while a ketch has a main mast and a shorter mizzen mast located aft. These vessels are designed for various sailing conditions and are popular for both recreational and commercial use.
