Sailing

80 km/h

I am the proud owner of Blue Jay #14. I believe "Blew Jay" is one of the oldest still around in her class. She was destined to become a flower pot when I arranged to purchase her with trailer and hauled her from Kansas City to Texas. I put many, many man hours into her in an attempt to restore her for my museum, the Great Lakes Small Boat Sailing Museum (I have a photo gallery of her restoration pics on my facebook at Dr. James McCluskey). In terms of the wooden centerboard, Blew Jay's was much the same problem. I put down blankets on some soft grass, tipped her on her side and leaned her against a tree. I then managed to pry the board out of the centerboard case. Upon his passing, I had inherited a set of steel files from my father, John T. Sr.. They were different kinds, such as a rasp file. I'm sure you could purchase these rather inexpensively at any store that sells tools such as Home Depot, Lowes, or Wal-Mart. Any woodworker knows that steel teeth do a bit quicker job on wood and old fiberglass cloth than sandpaper does. Of course, I used some pretty coarse grit sandpaper too! It wasn't an easy job, but the files were long enough to reach up inside the trunk far enough to remove the offendiing portions that were chafing on the board. I also used a crowbar to bend the trunk apart. Eventually, after several days at this task, I was able to eliminate the problem. In that photo gallery on my facebook I also have pics of the completed project, with Blew Jay floating in the lake next to my 19' Lightning Orange Peel 2 and my 23 foot Macgregor Venture cutter. It's really neat to have the Blue Jay floating next to her "bigger" sister, both designed by Sparkman & Stevens years ago! By the way, I stripped all of the paint off the deck, topsides and floorboards and put 16 coats of Cetol Light and Cetol Gloss on her. I also had to replace the back deck, as the original was too rotten to save. Otherwise, Blew Jay is completely original, right down to her bronze turnbuckles and cleats. And, although I've only sailed her once, she is a true joy to skipper! Please feel free to contact me, Dr. Jim McCluskey, at one_great_dad1@hotmail.com with any additional questions or comments. We presently have 55 sailboat exhibits, some of which are "works in progress!" Fair winds and a following breeze to you all! --Doc

Wind can be used to pump water from wells AND/OR generate electricity. Wind-powered boats or ships are called SAILboats. Hot air balloons are driven by the wind. There are even wind turbine powered sailboats. Sailplanes (gliders) soar AND glide on the wind. Plus, we breathe it. Without aspiration, plants and tress would suffocate. In many cases, this requires wind movement.

$3,800 and somthing

Columbus tried to sail to Asia, but found unknown land.

He was a Canadian-born American seaman and adventurer, a noted writer, and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world. In 1900 he told the story of this in Sailing Alone Around the World.

If you remove the keel, be aware that centre of gravity and stability will be affected.

Fore-and-aft carry is defined as located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern. It is used to transport a conscious or unconscious casualty and is the preferred two-man carry for moving a casualty for a long distance.

it comes from the old nordic word styrbord, "styr" means to control and "bord" means side of the ship...

the rudders on the vikings boats were always fastened on the right side of the ship...

If you can get to it, an inflatable device could be connected to the boat, then inflated.

Kinetic energy in the wind and water.

"There is no way that someone has gone around and counted all the boats on earth." Wow, people with the most basic of thought should disregard this morons answer. If one could request all vessel registrations (DMV, etc) (as no registration is not legal to be on the water) you could actually get a "what's legally on the water" at that time. It is a fair question that has a potential answer. Someone just needs to ask DMV in the USA for an answer to how many are registered here. Get other countries to account and we would know. :)

The stern is the back end of the ship, the bow is the front end of the ship.

Aft means close to or toward the stern of the ship eg Move the luggage aft

Forward means close to or toward the bow of a ship. eg Move the luggage forward

3 miles.

about 1' 6'' tall

Pre-history. They think it goes as far back as using a basket or log for a boat and using a woven basket-material for a sail. Anyone who has paddled a boat with a strong wind at their back has realized that with a bit more of something to catch the wind they need not paddle at all.

schooner

All of them

The most common name for a Chinese wooden sailing ship that I can think of is the Junk. High bow and stern, various rigging of sails, more of a coaster than a blue water vessel.

In Hawaii, children 12 and under must wear a properly fitting PFD while underway!

Mexico

A PWC is a Power Driven Vessel so she must give way.

Under the Inland Rules, red buoys should be passed on your starboard side when going upstream. They mark the left hand side (port) of the navigable channel when you are 'outbound,' and they will be on your right had side (starboard) when you are 'inbound.' (RED = RIGHT = RETURN)

As a (hopefully) logical thought, given that water freezes, ropes do not unless saturated with water, a wax coating that keeps water out of the rope very probably would keep the rope pliable.

The carrack was a ship type invented in southern Europe in the 15th century, and was one of the most influential ship designs in history. It was a larger vessel than the caravel. Columbus's ship, the Santa Maria was a famous example of a carrack.