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• 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

• 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

• Sailing ballast — Ballast is used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail. Insufficiently ballasted boats will tend to tip, or heel, excessively in high winds. Too much heel may result in the boat capsizing. When sailing vessels… …   Wikipedia

• Canoe sailing — refers to the practice of fitting a Polynesian outrigger or a Western canoe with sails. See also log canoe, a type of sailboat used in the Chesapeake Bay region. Polynesian Sailing CanoesThe first sailing canoes emerged In ancient Polynesia over… …   Wikipedia

• Swiss Sailing — Vereinsdaten Gegründet: 1939 Anschrift: Haus des Sports Talgutzentrum 27 3036 Ittigen bei Bern Website: www.swiss sa …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Naoma Sailing Club — Nautical Athletical Organization of Mati Attika (Abbreviation: NAOMA) is a sailing club located in Mati, in the eastern part of the Attica region in Greece. It regularly organises and holds various competitions, events and seminars about nautical …   Wikipedia

• Gateway Region — The Gateway Region is located in the northeastern part of State of New Jersey in the United States of America. The area encompasses Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union and Middlesex counties. It is the most urban part of the state, with… …   Wikipedia

• Right sailing — Right Right (r[imac]t), a. [OE. right, riht, AS. riht; akin to D. regt, OS. & OHG. reht, G. recht, Dan. ret, Sw. r[ a]tt, Icel. r[ e]ttr, Goth. ra[ i]hts, L. rectus, p. p. of regere to guide, rule; cf. Skr. [.r]ju straight, right. [root]115. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Shore Region — The Shore Region of the state of New Jersey encompasses Monmouth and Ocean Counties. It is one of six such officially recognized areas, the others being the Greater Atlantic City Region, the Southern Shore Region, the Delaware River Region, the… …   Wikipedia

• Pacific Islands — ▪ region, Pacific Ocean Introduction   island geographic region of the Pacific Ocean. It comprises three ethnogeographic groupings Melanesia (Melanesian culture), Micronesia (Micronesian culture), and Polynesia (Polynesian culture) but… …   Universalium