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• Sailing — is the art of controlling a sailing vessel. By changing the rigging, rudder and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires… …   Wikipedia

• Sailing faster than the wind — Devices that are powered by sails (such as sailboats, iceboats and sand yachts) can sail (that is, advance over the surface) faster than the wind.[1] Such devices cannot do this when sailing dead downwind using simple square sails that are set… …   Wikipedia

• sailing — /say ling/, n. 1. the activity of a person or thing that sails. 2. the departure of a ship from port: The cruise line offers sailings every other day. 3. Navig. any of various methods for determining courses and distances by means of charts or… …   Universalium

• Fast Ferry Scandal — The Fast Ferry Scandal, also referred to less formally as the FastCat Fiasco , was the name given to a political scandal in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the 1990s relating to the construction of a fleet of high speed ferry vessels …   Wikipedia

• Sailing stones — A sailing stone in Racetrack Playa. Sailing stones, sliding rocks, and moving rocks all refer to a geological phenomenon where rocks move in long tracks along a smooth valley floor without human or animal intervention. They have been recorded and …   Wikipedia

• Fast Pass — Disney s FastPass Le FastPass ou Disney s FastPass est un système de gestion de file d attente mis en place dans les parcs à thèmes Disney. Le système, lancé en juillet 1999, permet selon l entreprise de diminuer le temps d attente pour l accès… …   Wikipédia en Français

• Kolibri (sailing boat) — The kolibri 560 is a Dutch cabin sailing boat designed in 1963 by Antoon van den Brink. The boats were a great success because they were sold as a self building package which made them affordable for a lot of people. The building packages were… …   Wikipedia

• Dinghy sailing — A Contender dinghy on a broad reach. Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls: the sails the foils (i.e. the daggerboard or centreboard and rudder and sometimes lifting foils as found on the Moth).… …   Wikipedia

• Spray (sailing vessel) — The S.V. Spray was the vessel rebuilt by Joshua Slocum and used in his successful attempt to circumnavigate the world single handedly, the first voyage of its kind. The Spray was a convert|36|ft|9|in|m|sing=on sloop rigged fishing boat refitted… …   Wikipedia

• Single-handed sailing — The sport of single handed sailing is sailing with only one crewmember (ie. only one person on board the vessel). The term is usually used with reference to ocean and long distance sailing, and particularly competitive sailing. Terminology In… …   Wikipedia

• Planing (sailing) — ).Planing allows the boat to go faster by using its speed and hull shape to lift the front part of the hull out of the water. The boat travels on top of the water, greatly reducing the hydrodynamic drag on the vessel. The increase in aerodynamic… …   Wikipedia