Ship - Sails, Rigging, Hull: The move to the pure sailing ship came with small but steadily increasing technical innovations that more often allowed ships to sail with the wind behind them. Sails changed from a large square canvas suspended from a single yard (top spar), to complex arrangements intended to pivot on the mast depending on the direction and force of the wind. Instead of being driven solely by the wind direction, ships could “sail into the wind” to the extent that the course taken by a ship became the product of a resolution of forces (the actual wind direction and the objective course
San Francisco September 3, 2012 282 days until the Arctic Circle expedition Yesterday I got to thinking about the barkentine (alternately: barquentine) I will be sailing on during the arctic trip, …
Published on: Jul 24, 2015 ELEONORA, 2000 Eleonora is an exact replica of the schooner Westward. She was built at the GraafShip yard in Holland an
Learn about sails easily with this illustrated guide to common types of sails, different sail materials, and how sails work.
Superyacht owner Kim Vibe-Petersen talks about his 54 metre sailing yacht Parsifal III
These days, when cameras are everywhere, from our phones to security cams in public spaces, it’s easy to forget that the major part of history has passed without them. Only in 1888, when Kodak released the first commercial camera, did they slowly begin permeating our lives.
Photographer Frank Hurley had to dive into three feet of icy seawater to salvage cases of glass negative plates from their wrecked ship.
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There are a lot of different sail rig types and it can be difficult to remember what's what. So I've come up with a system. Let me explain it in this article.
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Learn the language of the sea and get up to speed on your sailing terms and phrases in in this complete guide to sailing and nautical terms.
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