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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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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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Sailboat racing ranges from single person dinghy racing to large boats with 10 or 20 crew and from small boats costing a few hundred dollars to multi-million dollar Americas Cup campaigns. The costs of participating in the high end large boat competitions make this type of sailing one of the most expensive sports in the world. However, there are relatively inexpensive ways to get involved in sailboat racing, such as at community sailing clubs, and in some relatively inexpensive dinghy and small catamaran classes. Under these conditions, sail ...

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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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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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A traditional modern yacht is technically called a "Bermuda sloop" (sometimes a "Bermudan sloop"). A sloop is any boat that has only a single mast. The Bermuda designation refers to the fact that the sail which has its forward edge (the "luff") against the mast (the main sail) is a sail roughly triangular in shape. Addionally, Bermuda sloops only have a single sail behind the mast. Other types of sloops are gaff-rigged sloops and lateen sloops (sometimes called a junk-rig). Gaff-rigged sloops have quadrilateral mainsails with a gaff (a small ...

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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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Sailing boats can have one, two, or three hulls. Boats with one hull are known as monohulls, while those with two or more are known as multihulls. Multihulls can be further subdivided into catamarans (two hulls), and trimarans (three hulls). A sailing boat is turned by a rudder which itself is controlled by a tiller or a wheel. Smaller sailing boats often have a stabilising, raisable, underwater fin called a centreboard (or daggerboard); larger sailing boats have a fixed (or sometimes canting) keel. As a general rule, the former are called d ...

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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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