Sailing

Ferdinand Magellan got the credit for that.

But the first man to do it SOLO was Joshua Slocum, back at the turn of the 20th century, in the "Spray."

Hi There is not an average speed. It depends on the length and wind direction and speed

On a sailing vessel having more than three mast, the mizzen mast is the third mast immediately aft of the main mast. It is a shorter mast than the foremast. It is often located over the stern of the boat or ship.

Correction to the above: a "Yawl" or a "Ketch" has two masts -a mainmast and a mizzen, with the mizzen sometimes located right on the transom at the stern.

The first pirate to sail was from England .His name was Sir Andrew Ashley. At first he was just looking for gold and then he found some and then he saw this boat sailing it wasn't looking for gold.The boat had some gold and so Sir Andrew went aboard and took it .This happened around the Atlantic Ocean.

The Titanic set off on 12th April, 1912 in Southampton.

In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl proved that a simple raft could have been used to cross the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian Islands. He wrote a best-selling book about the adventure, titling the book after the name of the raft, "Kon-Tiki".

The 'merchant marines' are defined as the ships of a nation that are engaged in commerce, or the officers and crews of such vesels.

It transported people there

Wind of course

Magellan sailed because he wanted to find a western trade route to Asia.

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It is called mast.

The right hand side of a ship, when stood looking towards the bow is starboard.

Catalina and Aquarius both make popular models.

Sailboat is to sail as kite is to fly, just as airplane is to wing and oil tanker is to engine.

There's no law against it, but it will slow your boat down.

The lateen is believed to have been used in the Eastern Mediterranean as early as the 2nd Century ce (common ear). The effective use by the Arabs caused it's rapid spread through the Mediterranean. The lateen sail was so popular because its ability to sail into the wind. Prior to the lateen a majority of sea vessels used square sails (which one can imagine wouldn't sail into the wind very effectively). The lateen made up a majority of ship sails during the Age of Discovery (When Columbus discovered the Americas). The lateen made it possible to sail faster, farther, and more efficiently. An elite ship during the Age of Discovery was the caravel, its elite status can be attributed to how effectively it utilized the lateen sail.

Contrary to popular assumption, a 'sheet' on a sailing vessel is not an area of canvas but a rope. Sheets are those ropes that control the trim of the sails, which is to say the angle they are set at. (To maximise performance, sails are set at different angles depending on the angle of the wind relative to the direction you want to go in.) The 'main sheet' is therefore the rope that controls the angle of the main sail. On the most common type of leisure yacht, there is one mast, normally rigged with two triangular sails: one that is attached at the bows of the boat, and one that is set aft of the mast, with its bottom edge fixed to a swinging wood or metal boom. It is this second type of sail that is referred to as the 'main' (even though the sail at the front often has the larger area on a modern yacht). On such a yacht, the 'main sheet' is the rope that controls how far the boom is allowed to swing away from the central fore-and-aft line of the boat, and as such it is a major component in determining how fast and comfortable your ride is. Though the analogy is far from perfect, it bears some comparison to a car's accelerator pedal.

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These multi-decked sailing ships were used as armed cargo carriers from the 16th to 18th centuries. They generally carried three or more masts, with square-rigged sail plans on their foremast and mainmast, with a lateen fore-and-aft rig on their rear masts. They were the mainstay of maritime commerce into the early 19th century.

A tugboat pulling a barge will display yellow lights when underway. Be careful not to go between the barge and the tugboat though!. There is a thin line connecting the two. A man once killed his whole family by hitting that line.

There is a boat called a dory, though they seldom have sails

Yes, he was shot by pirates on December 5th, 2001.

'The Minnow' will always be dear to me...