Tack (square sail)
Tack (square sail) The starboard tack of Prince William's forecourse. The ship ... sheet is no longer being used. The tack of a square-rigged sail is ...
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Image:Parts of a square sail's tack.jpg
Image:Parts of a square sail's tack.jpg Image File history File links Metadata ... order to explain the use of a tack on a square sail. The voyage crew on the ...
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Tack
Tack Look up tack in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tack may refer to: In sailing, tack is the lower corner of a sail's leading edge and a maneuver ...
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Sail-plan
Sail-plan A sail-plan is a formal set of drawings ... architect. It shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship. The combinations shown in a sail-plan almost always include three configurations: A light air sail plan. Over most of the Earth, ...
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Points of sail
Points of sail Points of sail is the term used to describe a ... there is a distinction between the port tack and the starboard tack. If the wind is coming from anywhere ... port side, the boat is on port tack. Likewise if the wind is coming ...
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Parts of a sail
Parts of a sail Diagram showing the names of the parts of a sail In sailing the parts of a sail have common terminology. Most sails are now ... the halyard, the line which raises the sail, is attached to the head. The lower two points of the sail, on either end of the foot ( ...
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Magnetic sail
Magnetic sail A magnetic sail or magsail is a proposed method of ... to 600 kilometers per second. A magnetic sail can accelerate these particles, and gain thrust ... than the solar wind. Therefore, a magnetic sail must deflect a proportionally larger area of ... the solar wind than a comparable solar sail. It might not be more massive ...
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Studding sail
Studding sail USS Monongahela with a full set of studding sails set A studding sail or studsail is a sail used to increase the sail area of a square rigged vessel in light winds. Traditionally ...
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Topgallant sail
Topgallant sail On a square rigged sailing vessel, a topgallant sail is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above the topsail ...
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Spanker (sail)
Spanker (sail) A spanker is either of two kinds of sail. On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast ...
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