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Sailing
Questions about wind-propelled water vessels, their maintenance, handling and rules governing their use.
2,485 Questions
What vessels always have the right-of-way?
The is ONLY one instance where a vessel truly has the right of way in Navigation Rules. Rule 9, in a narrow channel or fairway.
Right of way at sea is a mistake by misinformed persons, there are "burdened" (Give way) vessels and "privileged" (stand on) vessel.
There is NO law of gross tonnage.
Please refer to the link provided below.
State that an unstable ship may loll to either side?
An unstable ship may indeed loll (sailors usually say 'list') to either side.
What are the dangers of offshore and onshore winds?
Offshore winds will blow the unwary captain onto shoals or reefs.
Onshore winds will blow the unwary captain away from his next landmark or landfall.
Only that you are seeing its' starboard (right) side.
It is a track that the jib slides up. It is designed to reduce windage and usually has two tracks allowing you to hoist a smaller foresail while still keeping the other in the air. You can then lower the other (or "peel") the jib.
What does sailing around the horn mean?
It means to sail around Cape Horn, Africa. Ships or captains that have completed this challenge are referred to as "Cape Horners".
Erroneous! The southernmost point in Africa is the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Horn is the tip of South America, and a much more dangerous passage, even these days.
Signal of power driven vessel at daytime?
There are many signals a complete list cam be found in the rules for avoiding collisions at sea
newtons is a measurement of force
just substitute that for the sign "N"
so you say that there is 895N per 655kg, so 895kg*m/s*s/655kg
then you cross out the "kg" and do the math, not too bad
Gate is an archaic dialect of the word 'gait', meaning method or style. Thus, a 'nautical gate' is a sailor's style of walking or marching. The most well-known use of the word is in Cream's song Pressed Rat and Warthog, where there is a play on the word's first usage, to the second usage where 'The bad captain madman had ordered their fate. He laughed and stomped off with a nautical gate. The gate turned into a deroga tree and his peg-leg got woodworm and broke into three'. The second usage infers a wooden swinging gate, as would be the case if one had a wood leg. Here the captain's arrogance and bad karma caught up with him as one's fate tends to do.
What is the term for the depth of the water needed to float a boat clear of the buttom?
The term is draft.
Why were sailors in the past susceptible to scurvey?
Lack of fresh food, ie vegetables and fruit, which contained Vitamin C and would have prevented scurvy.
What were the square sails called on ships?
"Square sails" which are not really square, were/are referred to as four-cornered sails.
Who was the First man to be given credit for sailing around the world?
Magellan s voyage was the first to sail around the world, though he did not complete the voyage.
