Sailing

They didn't have to learn how to swim, they only have to do their job rather than jump off a boat for no reason.

They also chose not to learn to swim because, should they fall overboard, they wanted to die quickly by drowning instead of suffering for a long time and dying of dehydration/starvation while swimming around.

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Some say Phoneticians, some say Polynesians. Neither left irrefutable documentation. It is impossible to say. They certainly pre-date written history.

Yes, because if the sale is bigger it will catch more wind wich will make the boat move faster. If the sale is smaller it will catch less wind and it will go slower.

There is no database that would list then all. Some countries do not regulate registration.

The use of sails goes back several thousand years. The Greeks used boats with sails, the Romans, the Egyptians, and other ancient cultures. They traded using small boats by following the coastlines to coastal cities.

They are fit for purpose

i have a yacht and i wear long light sleeved shirts so i dont get burnt and board shorts or a tight wetsuit top. depends on the weather. what is the weather like?

The theory that Thor Heyerdahl was trying to prove by sailing the Kon-Tiki was that Polynesia might have been largely settled, not by travelers sailing eastward from Asia, as was generally believed, but by voyagers from the Americas.

Halyards raise or lower sails, sheets tighten or loosen angle of sail, and the shrouds and stays steady the mast(s).

That depends on what length Sunfish you are referring to.

England.

The Pilgrims sailed from England.

a trangular sail

If you are trying to learn how to sail or are preparing for a test, you might want to learn sailboat parts quickly. One good way to do this is to make flash cards of the different parts a picture on one side and the name on the other. Keep going through the cards many times a day until you know them all by heart.

The NGB (National Governing Body) for sailing is ISAF (the International Sailing Association Federation).

What points did sailors use to navigate

You do not choose an inflatable for popularity, you choose it for utility. Consider what it will be used for before picking a colour or make.

It is known as the wake of the boat.

It is a law that requires low speeds in certain areas so that boats do not create a large wake, usually five miles per hour and sometimes three miles per hour. At least that is how it is here in the US.

To mark the shipping channel.

It's been many years, but I sailed from HB CAL many times. If I remember my Charts correctly, From HB to Catalina is about 25 miles. San Diego, is not much different, let's say 28 miles. From HB, when you are going about 4 it takes about 7 hours. Look at a chart for the miles. One word of warning!!!, The main port is Avalon Harbor. About 2 to six miles north of Avalon, their are some rocks, at high tide, just under the water.
At night, in fog, or on a perfect sunny day you will hit them, and they will sink your boat. The last time I was their, there were no markings, warnings, and they are just off shore, where you would be sailing.
Get some Charts, find the distance, and the rocks, it's a beautiful place, Happy Sailing.

To sail against the wind, a boat has to 'tack'. This means that instead of sailing straight into the wind (which would get you nowhere) you sail in a zig-zag in the direction you intend to go. On each tack, the wind is on a different side of the sail.

When a boat/ship/vessel wants to remain at the same spot, it either moors or anchors. Mooring involves attaching the boat to a buoy, which is itself attached to the ground, usually by a chain. Anchoring involves dropping an anchor carried aboard the vessel until it hits the ground and (hopefully) digs part of itself into the sand, or mud. The anchor is attached to the vessel by a chain or rope (often called a CABLE). In either case, the vessel is secured by a single thread to the ground and can move around as the tide and wind affect it. Thus it SWINGS to anchor. If we imagine a situation in which there is no wind, only tide, then every six hours (or thereabouts) the tide will reverse its direction and the vessel will turn through 180 degrees. Often the tide will have changed direction during each of the six hours (6:13 to be precise, but even that varies) and the direction in which the vessel is pointing will be constantly changing with the tidal movements. With wind, it just gets more complicated! The vessel is constantly SWINGING.