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Sailing
Questions about wind-propelled water vessels, their maintenance, handling and rules governing their use.
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What are a few ways people get lost at sea?
People can get lost at sea if:
- their small boat cannot handle big waves
- their boat gets a leak in it
- their boat breaks down mechanically
- their boat hits a reef
- ocean floating garbage, especially plastics or fish netting, fouls the propeller
- a fisherman on board fouls the propeller
- a rouge wave overturns the boat
- a huge storm overturns the boat
- a whale jumps out of the water in an act called breaching so they can see above the water, and lands accidentally on the boat (recently happened to a yacht)
- the crew got lost, couldn't read charts
- another bigger ship runs into a smaller boat and either doesn't notice or flees the scene
- the captain forces passengers overboard
- the passengers fall overboard
- they might have dropped their compass in the ocean
and so, there is noway to get back to the dock.
Was Columbus' reason for sailing West instead of East right or wrong?
Wrong, as it is actually a longer trip to India by traveling West instead of East. He was searching for a shorter trip.
Very simply, by using the wind as a form of propulsion by the use of sails. Either the wind 'pushes' the vessel or it 'pulls' it through the water.
The aft part of a ship is the stern. Remember, the bow is the pointy end and the stern is the flat end (usually).
The rear is the stern. To go towards the rear is to go aft. The bulkhead furthest aft is called the transom (very important to have because of all the water on the other side of it). If something lies further aft than another thing it is abaft that other thing. If you are abaft the stern, you are astern or wet.
The rear part of a ship is called the stern.
The actual flat part (if there is one) is called a transom. Canoes and kayaks don't have one, row boats generally do.
The rear direction is called aft.
To steer the ship to aft (turn 180º) is called full about.
If you are moving from the bow to the stern, you are moving abaft.
"The Stern" is the rear portion of a ship.
Other terms include, but ARE NOT LIMITED to, abaft and astern.
If you're talking about the rear in terms or area or direction, then it's "aft." If you're talking about the structural rear, then maybe the term you're looking for is either "stern" or "transom." More generally the stern is the area, and aft is it's direction. For instance if you were at the front of the ship (the bow) you could walk aft to the stern.
The STERN or FANTAIL. On the old wooden ships like the early settlers rode over it was often called the "poop deck" for a very obvious reason. The front of the ship is called the Bow. Pronounced like ow I hurt my hand.
The stern is the rear or aft part of a ship .
The ship that has the other ship on its starboard side needs to steer clear, while the other ship should maintain course and speed.
The ship that needs to steer clear should if possible make a maneuver so big that the other ship has no doubt that a maneuver has been executed...
ETA:
Rules of the Road
International
Steering and Sailing Rules
Rule 15
Crossing situation
When two power driven vessels are crossing so as to involve the risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
Inland
(a) When two power driven vessels are crossing so as to involve the risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
(b) Nothwithstanding paragraph (a), on the Great Lakes, Western Rivers, or water specified by the Secretary, and proceeding downbound with a following current shall have the right-of-way over an upbound vessel, shall propose the manner of passage, and shall initiate the maneuvering signals prescribed by rule 34 (a) (i), as appropriate.
What does OOD mean when sailing?
It means Officer Of the Day. It is the term used to describe the race officers who run the racing for the day in sailing races. It is a temporary position, usually taken by members of a sailing club. The usual officers are the Race Officer & a Deputy Race Officer who organise the race starts & race finishing with the relevant flags required. There are also the officers in charge of the safety boat (s).
You put on/in a ship or raft etc. That makes it float better or makes in more stable
Why didn't krok like to go sailing?
Because Kuzco always made him get out to push!
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Whoever made this ^ I hope they are aware it says Krok and not Kronk.
Most sail boats use a fore & aft rigged triangular sail, also known as a Bermudan rig.
Assuming this as a normal rig:-
When running before the wind (pointing the same way as the wind is blowing) the sails simply catch the wind like a bag and transfers this pressure to the mast. The pressure on the mast pushes the boat along.
Where Burmudan rig vessels are cleverer than a square rig vessel, is the ability to sail nearly into the wind. Intuition would predict that the wind would push the boat backwards.
Having the wind fine on the bow, will cause the sail to fill with wind on one side and form an aerofoil shape, much like an aeroplane wing.
The wind flows faster around the curved surface causing a drop in pressure.
This imbalance in pressure causes pressure on the mast, drawing the vessel forward.
The wind being on one side like this will also have the effect of pushing the boat sideways. To prevent this happening too much and preserving forward motion an effective keel is needed.
The keel is a blade that sticks out under the boat in a fore and aft plane. Forward motion is alllowed by presenting the thin edge to the direction of travel and sideways movement is prevented by the broad sides of the keel causing resistance.
Sailing across the wind, with the wind on the beam, either side, the sail is set like a wedge. The wind fills the sail and slides off the rear, pushing the mast (and the vessel)forward in the opposite direction.
What is the nautical term for rearward?
The term is "astern" as opposed to "ahead" (forward)
It comes from the word stern, that means the rear of the boat, as opposite to the bow
The nautical term for rearward, as in the direction, would be aft.
What is the meaning of the term rusty scupper?
the meaning is that you have to scupper every thing rusty and e-mail a random girl you liked when you were 6 or 7
Whatever people fancy: my friend has a boat and they called it Dreamtime.
I once saw one named "Lucky Me".
Why does battery get too hot when charged by battery charger?
because there are cells shorting in the battery
What is a two masted boat called that is not square rigged?
It is either a ketch or a yawl. The ketch has the wheel stationed amidships (between the masts) & the yawl has the wheel stationed aft of the mizzen mast.
What was Jacques Cartier's purpose for sailing the sea?
The discovery of islands with gold and other precious items.
