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(Encyclopedia)sailing, as a sport, the art of navigating a sailboat for recreational or competitive purposes. Although sailing as a means of transportation predates history, sport sailing—or yachting—seems to...brig, sailing vessel
(Encyclopedia)brig, two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on both masts. Brigs have been used as cargo ships and also, in the past, as small warships carrying about 10 guns. They vary in length between 75 and 13...bark, sailing vessel
(Encyclopedia)bark or barque both: bärk [key], sailing vessel with three masts, of which the mainmast and the foremast are square-rigged while the mizzenmast is fore-and-aft-rigged. Although the word was once used...sail
(Encyclopedia)sail: see sailing.America's Cup
(Encyclopedia)America's Cup: see sailing.yacht
(Encyclopedia)yacht: see motorboating; sailing. ...regatta
(Encyclopedia)regatta: see rowing; sailing. ...schooner
(Encyclopedia)schooner sko͞oˈnər [key], sailing vessel, rigged fore-and-aft, with from two to seven masts. Schooners can lie closer to the wind than square-rigged sailing ships, need a smaller crew, and are very...boating
(Encyclopedia)boating: see canoeing; iceboating; motorboating; rowing; and sailing. ...Verrazzano, Giovanni da
(Encyclopedia)Verrazzano, Giovanni da jōvänˈnē dä vĕrˌrätsäˈnō; vĕrˌəzäˈnō [key], c.1480–1527?, Italian navigator and explorer, in the service of France, possibly the first European to enter New ...Browse by Subject
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