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Sail rigs A
sail is a
tensile structure,
which is made from
fabric or
other membrane materials, that uses wind
power to
propel sailing craft, including...
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Solar sails (also
known as lightsails,
light sails, and
photon sails) are a
method of
spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...
- a
sail (
L),
acting as an airfoil,
occurs in a
direction perpendicular to the
incident airstream (the
apparent wind velocity, VA, for the head
sail) and...
- a
former province of France. The
meaning of his name, also
spelled Sail or
Saill, is uncertain; it may be an
unusual given name. His surname, likewise...
- A
shillelagh (/ʃɪˈleɪli, -lə/ shil-AY-lee, -lə; Irish:
sail éille or
saill éalaigh [ˌsˠal̠ʲ ˈeːlʲə], "thonged willow") is a
wooden walking stick and...
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Charles (1843). The art of
sail-making. London: Dennett. Crothers,
William L. (2014-07-09). The
Masting of
American Merchant Sail in the 1850s: An Illustrated...
- The Age of
Sail is a
period that
lasted at the
latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in
which the
dominance of
sailing ships...
- of
sail is a
sailing craft's
direction of
travel under sail in
relation to the true wind
direction over the surface. The prin****l
points of
sail roughly...
- On sailboats, a
sail batten is a
flexible insert in a
sail,
parallel to the
direction of wind flow, that
helps shape its
qualities as an airfoil. Battens...
- Full
Sail, LLC,
doing business as Full
Sail University, is a
private for-profit
university in
Winter Park, Florida. It was
formerly a
recording studio...
