Sailing

Stays, lines, ropes and halyards.

The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, which means the side from which the ship is steered. Earlier before ships had rudder on their center line to steer them they were steered using the rows. Most of the rowers were right handed, so it was common for the ships to have bigger oars on its right side to assist in steering the ship. So naturally the right side of the ship was called steorbord side of the ship. The ship would naturally berthed on the left side to avoid damage to the large oars on the right side. Earlier the left side of the ship used to be called larboard side, but it was easy to get confused in high winds between starboard and larboard. So larboard side was replaced by port side. In short the right side of the ship is called the STARBOARD SIDE and the left side of the ship is called PORT SIDE.

Poetically speaking, dreaming big.

Scientifically speaking, space travel to/from other star systems.

When a sailing vessel and a PWC are meeting head on normally, the sail boat has the right of way, but who wants to risk a collision? Both should be aware of what is going on.

Prevailing winds, tides, currents, weather patterns at the time of year, amount of water & food necessary, safety & emergency supplies, contingency plans, can I go too?

In the 19th century, a ship could surrender by striking its colours (ie. letting them fall). Nailing your colours to the mast meant they would not surrender, and would fight on until sunk.

In modern times, the phrase's meaning has changed slightly - it now means to unambiguously commit to something.

This answer depends greatly on the size of the vessel at anchor.

Rules of the Road. RULE 35,SOUND SIGNALS IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITY

(g/f) A vessel at anchor shall at intervals of not more than 1 minute ring the bell rapidly for about 5 seconds. In a vessel 100 meters or more in length the bell shall be sounded in the forepart of the vessel and immediately after the ringing of the bell the gong shall be sounded rapidly for about 5 seconds in the after part of the vessel. A vessel at anchor may in addition sound three blasts in succession, namely one short, one long and one short blast, to give warning of her position and of the possibility of collision to an approaching vessel.

West for at least 50 miles, then south to the Panama Canal. Head east through the canal, then northeast through the Caribbean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. (Don't run into any of the reefs, islands, or Florida) Turning north by northwest, it's only about another 1,500 miles to go. Just after passing France, you will want to turn east into the English Channel, if you intend to land at London. Don't forget your sweater and foul-weather gear.

In this instance the sailing vessel is required to keep out of the way of the vessel it is overtaking. Once the overtake is in progress, the situation cannot become a crossing situation. However, at all times either vessel has a responsibility to take action to avoid a collision.

Woods, metals, ropes, stone, all the usual building materials.

The opposite of port is starboard.
Annex, branch, starboard...

This is not always the case. There are rules drawn up for 'avoiding collisions at sea', these should be carefully studied. In some cases psssing to port my be indicated by the rules of the road. In restricted waters for instance.

A large car carrier typically might have a GM of about 1 meter.

Each ship would have had at least one sail maker on board. They would sow the sails by hand from rolls of canvas and baulk rope using large needles twine and a sail maker's Palm.

Unless the sailboat is overtaking a power-driven vessel, the powerboat is the give-way vessel.

In the past, the quarterdeck of a standard sailing ship is located behind the ship's main mast. The quarterdeck is used as a ceremonial area of the ship. Nowadays this deck is used as a stern and holds secondary weapons or seaplane catapults

Yes, have proof from someone whom disclosed that she was paid only to go so far then get voted off, in her contract

Boardsailing is another term for windsurfing. It seems to be mostly used overseas.

Via the Panama Canal would shave some time off of the normal route, around the Horn.

Around the Horn or through the canal?

It is a part of the sail.

When I wa a kid, we called a brownish marble a Pea JIb. Don't know why.

The halyards, these ropes are used to haul sails up. When sails are down they are left tied tight from the top of the mast down towards the foot. The wind causes them to vibrate and hit the mast thus causing the sound.

When sailing the ocean blue, buoys are an invaluable tool. They assist in navigation by directing ships into shipping channels and away from shoals or crowds.