Sailing

It depends on which coast you are starting from.

No, that doesn't work. Even though the breeze created by the fan will exert force on the sail, there is an equal and opposite force being exerted on the fan itself, and since the sails and the fan are both connected to the same boat, the forces simply cancel each other out. That's why it is better to use a propeller in the water.

The term "land yacht" has been used to describe large motor homes, three wheeled sailing vehicles, station wagons, etc., so it depends on what specifically you're referring to.

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A schooner

Obviously, clockwise or counter-clockwise would yield different answers, as would time of year. Please restate your question.

Short answer: masts, spars, booms, sprits, yards, or gaffs (all different)

Long answer:

>Spar is just the nautical equivalent of "pole", ie masts, booms yards etc are all spars

>Masts are the vertical ones

>Booms are the ones on the bottom edge of a sail

>Sprits are typically either at the front or back (bow or stern respectively) and are angled slightly up from the horizontal, these are called, simply enough, the bowsprit and sternsprit (note that the sternsprit is a very uncommon spar)

>Yards are like booms, but they are found at the top edge of square sails

>Gaffs are similar to yards, but they are found on "fore and aft" sails (ie not square sails) again at the top edge of the sail. Typically larger ships like schooners (see Bluenose II as an example) will have what's called a "gaff rigged main" sail, which if you look at the picture here: [http://www.schoonerbluenose2.ca/include/images/jpgs/hinesAboutB2_300x206.jpg] is the one at the far right. Saying that it is gaff rigged just means that it is a quadrangle shape instead of triangle, and as such, it has a gaff to hold the top taut.

Hope that helps!

they should be passed on your starboard side when going upstream

Most small sailboats aren't meant for any more than two, the most common that I am familiar with is the sunfish or a similar craft. They can't hold any more than two but could be crewed by one. Many companies make a very similar craft, and they can be bought used in decent condition for about $500. All of their space is deck, with a "Cockpit" area for your feet and some small supplies. Also, since they have a center board and are only about fourteen feet, they are easily trailered and could even be put in a truck bed if you can secure it properly. Hope this helps.

from sun set to sun rise

i think it is mast i think it is mast

The Vikings' boats had one sail because they also had oars with which to row.

You may be referring to the "trade winds".

Nothing. A schooner IS a tall ship.

north

Once a rope on a boat/ship has an assigned duty, it is a line: hence the trick question of how many ropes are there on a boat -there are none, because they are all called lines. The line you are referring to is generally called a halyard. This term derives from "Haul Yards" as in hauling yards of canvas aloft.

Erik "The Red" Thorvaldson sailed form Iceland to Greenland and established the first European Settlement in North America

When visibility is very limited, such as in heavy fog, boaters must give an audible signal to others in the area. For a sailboat the signal is one prolonged blast plus two short blasts every two minutes.

Ha! You made that one tough...you didn't say whether you were in the boat facing the stern, or outside the boat facing the stern. Anyway, it's easy. If you're in the boat and you're facing forward (the direction of travel), the right side of the boat is the starboard side. Think of a car driving down the highway (in the US), the passenger is on the starboard side and the driver is on the port side.

Some of the earliest sailing ships were merely rafts, as proven by Thor Heyerdahl with the "Kon Tiki" in 1947.

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