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• Mast (sailing) — Sails on a small ship as seen from below The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the …   Wikipedia

• leech — 1. n. 1 any freshwater or terrestrial annelid worm of the class Hirudinea with suckers at both ends, esp. Hirudo medicinalis, a bloodsucking parasite of vertebrates formerly much used medicinally. 2 a person who extorts profit from or sponges on… …   Useful english dictionary

• Reduced Diameter Mast — Windsurfer auf Hawaii Windsurfen (früher auch Brettsegeln oder Stehsegeln genannt) ist eine Wassersportart, bei der man, auf einem Surfbrett stehend, ein Segel zur Fortbewegung nutzt. Das Segel ist freibeweglich mit dem Brett verbunden, was… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Parts of a sail — In sailing the parts of a sail have common terminology for each corner and edge of the sail. Contents 1 Triangular Sails 1.1 The corners 1.2 The edges 1.3 The roach …   Wikipedia

• ПАРУСНОСТЬ, РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ ЧЕТЫРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА — ПАРУСНОСТЬ, РАНГОУТ И ТАКЕЛАЖ ЧЕТЫРЕХМАЧТОВОГО ПАРУСНОГО СУДНА …   Морской словарь

• Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …   Wikipedia

• Junk Rig — The Junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail and Sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast. [Hasler MacLeod, Practical Junk Rig , Tiller… …   Wikipedia

• Running rigging — is the term for the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering and controlling the sails as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and other spars.Traditionally the running rigging was easily recognized since …   Wikipedia

• Crab claw sail — Micronesian proa with crab claw sail The crab claw sail or, as it is sometimes known, Oceanic lateen or Oceanic sprit, is a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail is used in many traditional Pacific Ocean… …   Wikipedia

• Sail — A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind mdash;in essence a vertically oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing.History of sailsThe ships built at around 10,000 BC were just crude log rafts or dug out… …   Wikipedia

• Windsurfing — A windsurfer tilts the rig and carves the board to perform a planing jibe (downwind turn) close to shore at Maui, Hawaii …   Wikipedia