Sailing

Sailing [196]

• To dream of sailing on calm waters, foretells easy access to blissful joys, and immunity from poverty and whatever brings misery.
• To sail on a small vessel, denotes that your desires will not excel your power of possessing them.

[196] See also: Meaning of Dreams about Ocean and Sea.)

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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Dream Interpretation Sailing

Sailing around the coast means that there is a firm ground on which you can set foot as you solve an emotional difficulty. Sailing on calm waters means that you won't have any obstacle, if you try to make your fortune.

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Sailing is the skillful art of controlling the motion of a sailing ship or smaller boat, across a body of water using wind as the source of power. Sailing - Basic sailing techniques. First see the notes on points of sail which introduce some important principles. Sailing - Turning a sailing boat. When turning a sailing boat, the direction relative to the wind is as important as the direction overall. Thus all turns can be described by one of the following terms: ...

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• Sailing - Basic sailing techniques
• Sailing - Turning a sailing boat
• Sailing - Trim
• Sailing - Running
• Sailing - Reaching
• Sailing - Sailing upwind
• Sailing - Reducing sail
• Sailing - Sail trimming
• Sailing - Heeling
• Sailing - 'Apparent' wind
• Sailing - Sailing safety
• Sailing - Sailing hulls and hull shapes
• Sailing - Types of sails and layouts
• Sailing - Sailing terminology
• Sailing - Rope & line
• Sailing - Other terms
• Sailing - Sailing regulations
• Sailing - Sailboat racing
• Sailing - Sailing traditions and etiquette

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Definition and meaning of sailing packet:

sailing packet

Sailing packets were regularly scheduled sailing ships that greatly facilitated the movement of goods and passengers across the Atlantic in the mid-nineteenth century. They accelerated the tendency for trade to concentrate in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Orleans.

(Source: Madrid Waddington High School )

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First see the notes on points of sail which introduce some important principles. Sailing - Turning a sailing boat. When turning a sailing boat, the direction relative to the wind is as important as the direction overall. Thus all turns can be described by one of the following terms: Heading up (or luffing up) is turning the boat to sail closer to the direction the wind is coming from. In order to keep the sails correctly trimmed, they must be pulled in towards the centre of the boat. Continuin ...

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Sailing, Sailing - Basic sailing techniques, Sailing - Turning a sailing boat, Sailing - Trim, Sailing - Running, Sailing - Reaching, Sailing - Sailing upwind, Sailing - Reducing sail, Sailing - Sail trimming, Sailing - Heeling, Sailing - 'Apparent' wind, Sailing - Sailing safety, Sailing - Sailing hulls and hull shapes, Sailing - Types of sails and layouts, Sailing - Sailing terminology, Sailing - Rope & line, Sailing - Other terms, Sailing - Sailing regulations, Sailing - Sailboat racing, Sailing - Sailing traditions and etiquette

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Canoe Sailing refers to the practice of fitting a canoe with sails. Canoes have been used for sailing since at least the 1860s. There are several racing classes of sailing canoes: Cruising Class or 4 Meter, C Class or 5 Meter, International Decked Sailing Canoe, and the American Canoe Association Class. John MacGregor of Scotland is generally believed to have developed the first sailing canoes. During the 1860s, he had at least seven boats built that he called Rob Roys and sailed and paddled them in Europe, the Baltic an ...

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In sailing, a course sail is the principal sail on a mast. This term is used predominantly on square rigged vessels, referring to the largest and lowest sail on each mast (mizzen-course, main-course and fore-course). Gaff-rigged vessels might possibly use the term (for the lowest sail rigged aft of each mast), but are more likely to refer simply to a mainsail, foresail, etc. A Bermuda- or lateen-rigged yacht, whether sloop, cutter, ketch or yawl, would not usually be des ...

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The age of sail is the period in which international trade and naval warfare were both dominated by sailing ships. The age of sail runs roughly from the Battle of Lepanto (1571), the last significant engagement in which galleys (oar-propelled) played a major part, to the Battle of Hampton Roads (1862), in which the steam-powered CSS Virginia destroyed the sailing ships USS Cumberland and USS Congress, finally culminating with the advance of steam power, rendering sail power unnecessary. This is a sig ...

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In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole) usually made of aluminum or wood, is connected to the foot of the mainsail and allows the crew to control the angle of the sail to the wind. The boom attaches to the mast at a joint called the gooseneck. The gooseneck pivots allowing the boom to be easily adjusted by the main sheet. Four lines are attached to the boom: 1. The outhaul runs along the boom and the back corner of the sail (the clew) aftward. Modern sails are cut so that the outhaul is also able to pull the clew downwards towards the boom. Hauling in on ...

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Sail is the Irish name of the fourth letter of the Ogham alphabet, ᚄ, meaning "willow". The name is related to Welsh helyg(en) and Latin salix. Its Proto-Indo-European root was *sal-. Its phonetic value is [s]. Other related archivesIrish, Latin, Ogham, Proto-Indo-European, Welsh, willow

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The aka of a multihull sailboat is a member of the framework that connects the hull to the ama(s) (outrigger). The term aka originated with the proa, but is also applied to modern trimarans. The design of the akas depends on the forces it will encounter when sailing. For example, there are two modern variations of the proa, the traditional or Pacific proa, with the ama to the windward side, and the modern Atlantic proa, with the ama to the leeward. The windward ama provides stability by placing the center of gravity far to the ...

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In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley. One or a number of sheaves are enclosed in an assembly between cheeks or chocks. In use a block is fixed to the end of a line, to a spar or to a surface. Rope or line is roved through the sheaves, and maybe through one or more matching blocks at some far end to make up a tackle. The purchase of a tackle refers to its mechanical advantage. In general the more sheaves in the blocks that make up a tackle, the higher its mechanical advantage. The ...

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• Block sailing - Sailing terms in everyday English

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The braces on a square-rigged ship are lines used to rotate the yards around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind. The braces are fixed to the outer ends of the yards, and are led to the deck as far aft as possible. to allow the crew to haul on them. The lower yards' braces can usually run directly to the deck, but to do so with those higher up would mean that most of the force was pulling downwards rather than backwards. Instead, the braces for the upper yards run to another mast and thence to th ...

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The Wanderer is a 14 foot Fiberglass hull Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy designed by Ian Proctor. One of the main objectives of the design was to produce a robust safe and versatile dinghy that could be used for knockabout day sailing and cruising as well as racing, but was light enough to be handled ashore. The Wanderer has Main and Jib sails it can also be fitted with a Spinnaker. Reefing of the main sail is by slab reefing, the jib can also be fitted with roller reefing system. The boat has high stability the normal wo ...

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There are two very basic rules for avoiding a collision at sea: 1) Power gives way to sail 2) Port gives way to starboard. This second point means that boats who have their sails set for a breeze coming from the left hand side of the boat (port) must give way to yachts that have their sails set for a breeze coming from the right side of the boat (starboard). If both boats have their sails set on the same side of the boat, then the boat closer to where the wind is coming from (the wi ...

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Sailing, Sailing - Basic sailing techniques, Sailing - Turning a sailing boat, Sailing - Trim, Sailing - Running, Sailing - Reaching, Sailing - Sailing upwind, Sailing - Reducing sail, Sailing - Sail trimming, Sailing - Heeling, Sailing - 'Apparent' wind, Sailing - Sailing safety, Sailing - Sailing hulls and hull shapes, Sailing - Types of sails and layouts, Sailing - Sailing terminology, Sailing - Rope & line, Sailing - Other terms, Sailing - Sailing regulations, Sailing - Sailboat racing, Sailing - Sailing traditions and etiquette

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Sailors use many traditional nautical terms for the parts of or directions on a vessel; starboard (right), port (left), forward or fore (front), aft (rearward), bow (forward part of the hull), stern (aft part of the hull). Vertical spars are masts, horizontal spars are booms (if they can hit you), gaffs (if they're too high to reach) or poles (if they can't hit you). Sailing - Rope & line. Actually, only a few of the "ropes" on a boat are called ropes, most are called lines or cables. Generally ...

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Sailing, Sailing - Basic sailing techniques, Sailing - Turning a sailing boat, Sailing - Trim, Sailing - Running, Sailing - Reaching, Sailing - Sailing upwind, Sailing - Reducing sail, Sailing - Sail trimming, Sailing - Heeling, Sailing - 'Apparent' wind, Sailing - Sailing safety, Sailing - Sailing hulls and hull shapes, Sailing - Types of sails and layouts, Sailing - Sailing terminology, Sailing - Rope & line, Sailing - Other terms, Sailing - Sailing regulations, Sailing - Sailboat racing, Sailing - Sailing traditions and etiquette

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The lower edge of a triangular sail is called the "foot" of the sail, while the upper point is known as the "head". The lower two points of the sail, on either end of the foot, are called the "tack" (forward) and "clew" (aft). The forward edge of the sail is called the "luff" (from which derives the term "luffing", a rippling of the sail when the angle of the wind fails to maintain a good aerodynamic shape near the luff). The aft edge of a sail is called the "leech". Modern sails are designed such that the warp and the weft of the sai ...

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Sail, Sail - Use of sails, Sail - Parts of the Sail, Sail - New technology, Sail - Types of sails

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Sails are primarily used at sea, on sailing ships as a propulsion system. For purposes of commerce, sails have been largely superseded by other forms of propulsion, such as the internal combustion engine. For recreation, however, sailing vessels remain popular. The most familiar type of sailboat, a small pleasure yacht, usually has a sail-plan called a sloop. This has two fore-and-aft sails: the mainsail and the jib. The mainsail extends aftward and is secured the whole length of its edges to the mast and to a boom also hung from the mast. The sails of tall ships are a ...

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Sail, Sail - Use of sails, Sail - Parts of the Sail, Sail - New technology, Sail - Types of sails

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Although most sails used today are triangular and follow the conventions above, square sails are still used on a few vessels. Many of the same names are used for parts of a square sail. Head  As for a triangular sail, this refers to the topmost part. On a square sail, however, this part is an edge rather than a corner. Leech  The "side" edge of the sail. Since square sails are symmetrical, they have two leeches. Occasionally, when the ship is close-hauled, the windward edge of the sail might ...

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Parts of a sail, Parts of a sail - The corners, Parts of a sail - Clew, Parts of a sail - The edges, Parts of a sail - The roach, Parts of a sail - Square Sails

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The best known material is thought to be a thin mesh of aluminium with holes less than 1/2 the wavelength of most light. Nanometer-sized "antennas" would emit heat energy as infrared. Although samples have been created, it is too fragile to unfold or unroll with known technology. The most common material in current designs is aluminized 2 μm Kapton film. It resists the heat of a pass close to the Sun and still remains reasonably strong. The aluminium reflecting film is on the Sun si ...

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Solar sail, Solar sail - How they work, Solar sail - Misunderstandings, Solar sail - Investigated sail designs, Solar sail - Current progress, Solar sail - Sail materials, Solar sail - Applications, Solar sail - Future Visions, Solar sail - Solar sails in fiction

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