Sailing

It was smaller, faster, had room for les cargo, easy to manoeuvre, had lateen (triangular sails).

Ferdinland Magellan's crew were the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan however dies in the Phillippines in a skirmish.

There is no age limit as such. However a good skipper would ensure his crew always wore a lifejacket whilst underway

Tradition says "longboats". These are usually pictured as having dragon' s head prows (at the front) but there's not a lot of evidence for that. They were shallow draught fairly flat bottomed boats well suited to going up-river as well as crossing the North Sea. Take a look at at the Jorvik, and York Archeologiacal Trust, websites.

Being a former travel assistant, my understanding is as long as you are not stepping foot or DOCKING on a foreign land, the answer would be NO. I am presuming that you are sailing from America, up through the Alaskan Inside Passage, and are concerned about needing a passport for Canada. Once again, my understanding is as long as you do NOT dock or step foot on Canadian ground, you will NOT need a passport. Happy sailing!

When approaching a sailing vessel head on, it is up to the motorboat to yield. The motorboat operator should swing wide as early as possible to stay well clear of the sailing vessel.

A lateen sail. Was/is able to be moved left or right. It made/makes ships easier to turn.

A dhow is a boat common to Arabic and Indian oceans. It has a triangular sail, that is mounted at an angle to the mast -- the largest part of the sail is in the rear of the boat. (Similar to a "Sunfish" sailboat but can get much larger) Used since ancient times -- see pictures of Ancient Egyptian sailboats.

The name(s) of Vespucci's ships are the San, the Antiago, the Repertaga,the Wegiz, and the Girmand.

Depending on how permanently the lines are to be joined, several bends will work. The Sheet Bend or Becket is good for temporary connections. For a fast disconnect, a Slippery Sheet Bend is made by slipping a bight of line through to finish the knot instead of the end of the line. Then a pull on the end will open the knot. For a more secure bend the Double Becket will work well. For even more security and a knot that will untie even after severe loading, use two Bowline knots with the loops through each other.

Perhaps you are referring to a hydrofoil.

The explanation involves the relative positions of the wind, sail and keel of the sailboat but essentially of atmospheric pressure (air pressure at sea level). This is approximately 15 pounds per square inch. In general the keel will be aligned at an angle into the wind (not directly) while the sail is placed parallel to the wind direction. The air pressure on one side of the sail (which is shaped like a wing) will be be reduced and the resulting force from the opposite direction will be transmitted to the spar (and thus the boat). Since the keel prevents the boat from moving directly in that direction, the boat will be forced to"slide up" into the wind. As it moves into the wind the movement relative to the wind increases still more increasing the pressure imbalance thus increasing the effect. A sail can be many sq. inches in area so that when the pressure is reduced on one side of the sail the force imbalance can be considerable. Much, much more than the wind's push against the boat. There are other factors such as friction effects of air and water but fundamentally it's air pressure and how the sail shape and positioning creates the pressure differential. The effect is even more dramatic for ice sailing. Wind speeds of 20 mpg can create boat speeds exceeding 60 mph. Every year there are serious injuries and even fatalities due to excessive speeds involving ice sail boats.

a sailor uses an astrolabe by using it to tell latitude

Gloucester, Massachusetts shipyard, circa 1716. See the related link below:

Most of the time. Some are powered by motors, but all of them have the sails (different numbers for different kinds of ships). The wind catches in the sails and moves the boat. Depending on the angle of the sail, the ship can move in almost any direction. Though it is easiest when the wind is right behind the boat. When the wind is blowing in the opposite direction you want to go, then there is a technique that you can use called "tacking".

Sloop.

Well... drowning is a danger of water sports...

Sailors could use a lodestone for navigating in sea travel. They discovered that when they suspended a piece of magnetite from a thread, the metal would point in a north-south direction.

Hogging is when the ends of a ship droop down relative to the middle. It is the opposite of sagging. A naval architect tries to make the distribution of weight in a ship roughly match the distribution of buoyancy. If the centre of the vessel is very buoyant (i.e. has a big volume) relative to its weight, then the hull will hog if its structure is not rigid enough. If the ends are buoyant and the centre is heavy, it may cause the hull to sag. So a hog in the keel is a vertical bend with the middle higher than the ends. It is generally a sign that the hull is too weak or flexible, and the vessel has fine ends, carrying too much weight in the bow and the stern.

Hogging and sagging are often associated with badly planned loading of cargo ships.

It means to fire on the opposing force's ship from directly head-on or directly from the stern. While the target profile is smaller (than a broadside, for example) it is more effective as one cannonball "hit" will do more damage.

It took us 17 days going at a lesiurely rate on a 42' sailboat, sailing 90% of the time. ..about a month..(avoiding the obvious'depends on how fast its going:))..that is about the average. I believe the record for the LA-Honolulu Transpac race is just under 7 days.

Randan

The America's Cup

I used to sail. The sails propel the boat using wind. Some people like to sail better than using a motor it just makes you feel... I gues you could say clean, swift, or graceful

Please be specific as to which club- or city-sponsored regatta you mean.