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Sail

A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Sails may be made from a combination of woven materials—including canvas or polyester cloth, laminated membranes or bonded…

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Rigs

History

Aerodynamic forces

Types

Shape

Material

Construction

Running rigging

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Sail

Nodes152
Edges151
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013158
Components1

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Sail

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related to Further reading · 91
Sail → Adlard Coles Nautical, American Merchant Sail, American Sailing Association, An Illustrated Study, April, Archived, Art, Aug, Auxiliary, Betz, Brian, Camden, Chapman, Chapman Piloting, Charles, Charles Frederic, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Complete Guide, Crothers, CS1
related to Fore-and-aft rigged vessels · 14
Sail → Adjusting, Barber, Cunninghams, Downhauls, Fore-and-aft, Guys, Halyards, Kicking, On, Outhauls, Shaping, Sheets, Supporting, Topping
related to Square-rigged vessels · 14
Sail → Adjusting, Bowlines, Braces, Brails, Buntlines, Clewlines, Halyards, Leechlines, Lifts, Shaping, Sheets, Square-rigged, Supporting, Tacks
related to history · 13
Sail → Alongside, BCE, In, Island Southeast Asia, It, Many, Mediterranean, Much, Neolithic, Nile, Others, The, Yet
related to Crab claw rigs · 12
Sail → Austronesian, Austronesian Expansion, BCE, From Taiwan, Island Melanesia, It, Madagascar, Maritime Southeast Asia, Micronesia, Pacific, Polynesia, The
related to Material · 11
Sail → Both, Dacron, Icelandic, Kevlar, Materials, Scandinavian, Scottish, There, Traditionally, Vectran, Woven
related to Square rigs · 11
Sail → Ancient Sumerians, Austronesian, BCE, Egypt, Greeks, Indus, Phoenicians, River Nile's, Sails, The, V-shaped
related to External links · 8
Sail → Archived, Design SoftwareThe, Doyle Stratis, Sailboats, SoftwareLaminated Sails, The New Student's Reference, Wayback MachineFABRIC Sail Design, Work
related to Aerodynamic forces · 7
Sail → Aerodynamic, Because, Depending, For, The, Total, VA
related to Lateen rigs · 7
Sail → Analysis, Both, CE, It, Lateen, Mediterranean, They

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sails wind sailing may square apparent lateen craft angle isbn lift fore-and-aft mast used shape force drag propulsive leech oclc

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Sailis atensile structure0.90text
Sailis aclew0.90text
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesAerodynamic0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesThe0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesVA0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesDepending0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesTotal0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesFor0.60section
Sailrelated to Aerodynamic forcesBecause0.60section
Sailrelated to ConstructionCross-cut0.60section
Sailrelated to ConstructionTriangular0.60section
Sailrelated to ConstructionRadial0.60section

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