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Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wing sails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rome were totally reliant on sailing ships to deliver the large amounts of grain needed | instance of | Cities | 0.80 | text |
| stick charts | instance of | They traveled vast distances of open ocean in outrigger canoes using navigation methods | 0.80 | text |
| Australia to Europe | instance of | sailing ships could hold their own on transoceanic voyages | 0.80 | text |
| since they did not require bunkerage for coal nor fresh water for steam | instance of | sailing ships could hold their own on transoceanic voyages | 0.80 | text |
| and they were faster than the early steamers | instance of | sailing ships could hold their own on transoceanic voyages | 0.80 | text |
| which usually could barely make 8 knots | instance of | sailing ships could hold their own on transoceanic voyages | 0.80 | text |
| iceboats | instance of | some sailing craft | 0.80 | text |
| sand yachts | instance of | some sailing craft | 0.80 | text |
| and some high-performance sailboats can achieve a higher downwind velocity made good by traveling on a series of broad reaches | instance of | some sailing craft | 0.80 | text |
| punctuated by jibes in between | instance of | some sailing craft | 0.80 | text |
| spinnaker poles | instance of | Guys are used to control the ends of other spars | 0.80 | text |
| Sailing | has application | While | 0.60 | section |
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