Sailing

Arabs

Under the age of 13.

Perhaps the whisker pole?

The left side is the port side.

The deceased is on his/her way to heaven

The place is called "port" where ships are kept?

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Landlubbers

A small, heavy, high-cut jibsail that may or may not bind to the headstay. The idea of a storm jib is based on the tradeoff between wanting to loose sail area in really heavy weather, and not wanting to lose complete control of the boat as you would running under bare poles. The weight is obvious; to avoid blowing out. The size too -- to maintain only the barest surface area required to enhance control. It's high cut so as to not be taken out of you take a wave over the bow.

Rules of the Road

International/Inland

Steering and Sailing rules

Rule 13-Overtaking

"ANY vessel overtaking any OTHER shall keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken."

In addition, the proper whistle signals need to be proposed and agreed to.

mainsail

According to antique seamen's lore, Sally Lightfoot is a night club dancer in the Caribbean. Although wearing hardly anything to cover her divine body, her dress is bright and colourful, red, orange and yellow. By profession, her movements are light and swift. A quick step sideways to avoid the odd hand snatching is her specialty. After months at sea and rounding Cape Horn, sailors anchor at the Galapagos Archipelago to take in fresh water. Brightly coloured crabs, red, orange and yellow, abound at the beach. High on their legs they move swiftly sideways. There is no doubt in any sailors mind; this is Sally Lightfoot.

He sailed to and from a lot of places. He is Spanish, to begin with, though.

its sails

He sailed from Spain

In it's nautical reference, this Americanismrefers toa sailing vessel with two or more masts.

It can also be a very tall glass for beer, or a glass for drinking sherry wine.

When used as "prairie schooner" it refers to a covered wagon (smaller than a Conestoga wagon), that was used by pioneers crossing the American continent in the 1800s.

Portholes, also for cannon.

A crew of sailors.

sprit

Halyard, mast and boom (or yardarm) support the sails.

Power lines

The general rule is that the close hauled vessel (regardless of tack) has right of way over vessels running. There would be exceptions. If the vessel coming downwind in a channel is so large that it must remain in the channel and the vessel beating to windward on the port tack is small enough to sail outside the channel, the confined vessel has the right of way, even if it is a power boat. If the boat "on a port tack" is broad on the wind and is being overtaken by a vessel running directly downwind, the running vessel is overtaking and must yield. If the vessel broad on a port tack is overtaking, then it must yield. Similarly, sail has right of way over power, except when overtaking and except when the power boat is a ship that cannot maneuver as quickly or is involved in fishing. Regardless of which vessel has the right of way, the general prudential rule always applies: if you can avoid a collision you must. If collision is imminent, both vessels are burdened. One needs to be realistic. A downwind vessel may drop all sail, but without dropping anchor will still move with the wind, whereas a beating vessel will stop much more quickly once sail is dropped. The privileged vessel is supposed to maintain course and speed not as a matter of rights, but as a courtesy to the burdened vessel so it can reasonably predict a safe way to avoid collision. === === Aren't there further limitations for disabled vessel, vessel out of control, vessel towing barges, and seaplane? I'm a little rusty. By the 2009 rules of sailing, if the boat that is coming down wind is on starboard tack, then it has the right of way (port/starboard rule), but if the boat that is coming down wind is on port tack, then the leeward boat has right of way (windward/leeward). Also, smaller vessels have rights over larger ones, but it a good idea, as the previous answerer stated as well, to avoid collisions at (almost) all costs.

There is a generally accepted rule that the more maneuverable boat should stay clear of the less maneuverable one. You must avoid collisions at all costs, so if a vessel is disabled, out of control, etc. then they should be avoided/helped.

The distance is about 107 miles. How fast do you think your boat will go?

No, not if it is well-anchored.

Beating.