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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  SetSail.com - the serious cruising sailor's website
Reducing the size of the sails while sailing (to prevent the boat from becoming overpowered by an increase in wind strength) is a very straightforward concept: if you want a mainsail or a genoa to catch less wind, make it smaller.
Pulling in the clew of the sail: On DRIVER, the clew reefing lines lead to small winches (#6 Lewmars) that are mounted on each side of the boom.
DRIVER's 7 ounce, 120 percent reefable working jib is a power house (except when sailing dead to windward) and it fills a valuable niche in our sail inventory.
www.setsail.com /s_logs/martin/martin88.html   (846 words)

  
  The Elements and Practice of Rigging And Seamanship
Quadrilateral sails are extended by yards, as the principal sails; by yards and booms, as studding-sails; a gaff, as mizen courses; or by a boom and gaff, as drivers, or boom-mainsails, of brigs, sloops, andc.
HOLES in sails are made with an instrument, called a stabber or a pegging-awl, and are fenced round by stitching the edge to a small grommet; such are the holes on the head of a sail for the rope-bands or laceing of square sails, and for seizings on sails that bend to hoops and hanks.
A triangular sail, bent at the foremost leech to a yard that hoists obliquely to the mast, and is connected with it, at one third the length of the yard.
www.hnsa.org /doc/steel/part4.htm   (17338 words)

  
  Interstellar Sailing Ships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Where L=3.9x10^26 Watts and is the solar luminosity, A is the total area of the sail, r is the reflectance of the sail, R is the distance of the sail from the Sun, c is the speed of light and m is the mass of the sail.
For orbital calculations involving the sail it must be borne in mind that the equations of motion of the lightsail are complicated due to the fact that it undergoes continuous acceleration.
A second class of sail is the heliogyro, which operates using the same principle as do helicopter blades, the blades of the heliogyro stay rigid and in the same plane due to rapid rotation.
www.scientium.com /specials/sotm/starship/sailships.htm   (4126 words)

  
 Clew - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
In sailing, the clew is the lower aft corner of the sail.
In a sail with a boom (such as a mainsail on a sloop), the clew is attached to the boom, and can often be tightened along the boom using the outhaul to adjust the sail shape.
On a square sail or a symmetrical spinnaker, both lower corners are called clews, but the corner to which the sheet, working sheet or leeward sheet is currently attached is called the clew.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Clew   (213 words)

  
 Quantum Sail Design Group - Tips and Tricks
Explore the basic concepts as well as the finer points of using the traveler with David Flynn.
Dave Flynn looks at one of the subtlties of dowwind sailing in moderate conditions.
Reprinted with permission of SAIL magazine, a primer on asymmetrical spinnaker trim on sprit boats with SAIL's Josh Adams and Quantum's David Flynn
www.quantumsails.com /products/tips.asp?PLID=1   (415 words)

  
 Interstellar Sailing Ships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Where L=3.9x10^26 Watts and is the solar luminosity, A is the total area of the sail, r is the reflectance of the sail, R is the distance of the sail from the Sun, c is the speed of light and m is the mass of the sail.
For orbital calculations involving the sail it must be borne in mind that the equations of motion of the lightsail are complicated due to the fact that it undergoes continuous acceleration.
A second class of sail is the heliogyro, which operates using the same principle as do helicopter blades, the blades of the heliogyro stay rigid and in the same plane due to rapid rotation.
scientium.com /specials/sotm/starship/sailships.htm   (4126 words)

  
 Jib - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bow, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast.
All three sails are both jibs and staysails in the generic sense.
On cruising yachts, it is common for the innermost jib to be self-tacking, either by using a boom along the foot of the sail, or by cleating the sheet to a track, or both.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jib   (423 words)

  
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The outcome of many battles during the age of sail was decided by the ability of one captain to hold the `weather gage.' The flags are: -s Print the names and ships of the top ten sailors.
The period of history covered in Sail is approximately from the 1770's until the end of Napoleonic France in 1815.
The only trouble is, with full sails set, there is so much tension on sail and rig- ging that a well aimed round shot can burst a sail into ribbons where it would only cause a little hole in a loose sail.
www.eecs.harvard.edu /vino/vino/release-0.40/man/games/sail.6.txt   (4457 words)

  
 Mast & Sail in Europe & Asia: Chapter 8
The sail par excellence of the Mediterranean is the lateen.
The sail is as a rule taken in by being furled to the yard, two or more brails being used in the first instance, to spill the wind, the canvas being then furled and tied by a hand upon the yard.
She was sailing very fast, with every sail drawing full and bathed in the sun's rays, and she threw the spray off to windward in showers into the deep blue of the sea.
www.friend.ly.net /~dadadata/smyth/mast_n_sail_08.html   (6659 words)

  
 GM6.info - Motors News, New Cars Review, car dealers, Car links. driver, gm6, volkswagen, car dealers, rear engine, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He scooped up one of the stun turcotte fired at the driver and the stun round caught guns from an inert hand and finished off the other two with the man in the chest, and he collapsed next to his leader.
The driver had gotten out of the first car and was walking around his car to reach the second car.
Louis chevrolet was a racecar driver, born on december 25, 1878, in la chaux de fonds, switzerland hotel.
www.gm6.info /Driver.html   (1159 words)

  
 Driver Backrest -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Driver 2 was NOT released for the PS2.
A driver is essentially an instruction manual that provides the operating system with the information on how to control and communicate with a particular piece of hardware.
PostScript Writing a device driver is considered a challenge in most cases, as it requires an in-depth understanding of how a given platform functions, both at the hardware and the software level.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/45/driver-backrest.html   (1041 words)

  
 sail(6): multi-user wooden ships/iron men - Linux man page
Sail is a computer version of Avalon Hill's game of fighting sail originally developed by S. Craig Taylor.
The first message will be in the temporary file waiting for the driver, and the second will be in the file buffer waiting to be written to the file.
The only trouble is, with full sails set, there is so much tension on sail and rigging that a well aimed round shot can burst a sail into ribbons where it would only cause a little hole in a loose sail.
www.die.net /doc/linux/man/man6/sail.6.html   (4417 words)

  
 Boat Driver Training Course on Pittwater, Sydney,
It is advisable to be covered by an insurance policy for the adventure sailing trips to safeguard yourself in the case of cancellation.
Whilst every effort will be made by the Instructor to give the students/passengers maximum time on the sea, weather conditions may be such that, in the opinion of the Instructor, the yacht or crew may be in danger and in such circumstances the vessel will remain in a place of safety.
In the event of the Company having to cancel a course or sailing trip, without offering any acceptable alternative then the student/passenger shall be entitled to a full refund of monies paid and no further liability shall be incurred by the Company.
www.clubsail.com.au /boat_driver_training.html   (1196 words)

  
 Model Ship Museum : Buy Sail Boats, Warships Ships, battleships, Ocean Liners, Modern Navy
The topmast studding sail boom was often fitted with a small additional brace on the Continent and the topmast studding sail tack was sometimes arranged that it also served as lift to the topmast studding sail boom on the Continent.
If no studding sail boo,111 was carried, the lower studding sail was fitted with a lower yard of half sail width, and was set flying, with a tack which was attached to the lower yard with three bridles.
The halyards of the studding sail yards were single, and reeved through blocks on the yard arms or the booms to leading blocks on the mast and down to the deck.
www.modelshipmaster.com /about/tech42--studding.htm   (398 words)

  
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www.bizhisto.com /Biz-Services-De---Dv/driver-education.html   (187 words)

  
 Driver (sail) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A driver is a kind of sail used on some sailboats.
Smaller than a fore and aft spanker on a square rigger, a driver is tied to the same spars.
This article related to water transport is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Driver_(sail)   (71 words)

  
 sail(6) - multi-user wooden ships and iron men
Sail was first written under, the communicating processes must use a common temporary file as a place to read and write messages.
Sail on a PDP 11/70 in the fall of 1980.
The only trouble is, with full sails set, there is so much tension on sail and rigging that a well aimed round shot can burst a sail into ribbons where it would only cause a little hole in a loose sail.
www.gsp.com /cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=6&topic=sail   (4394 words)

  
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The outcome of many battles during the age of sail was decided by the ability of one captain to hold the `weather gage.'.PP The flags are:.TP.B \-s Print the names and ships of the top ten sailors.
In addition, a.I driver process is forked (by the first player) to run the computer ships and take care of global bookkeeping.
For example,.I Sail uses a temporary file named /tmp/#sailsink.21 for scenario 21, and corresponding file names for the other scenarios.
web.mit.edu /games/src/bsd-games/sail/sail.6   (4538 words)

  
 Driver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Driver, a person who drives a motor vehicle
Driver, a person who drives a pedal vehicle
Driver (electronic component), an electronic component used to control another component
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Driver   (129 words)

  
 Most overrated position on a boat — driver - Sailing Anarchy Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As for the jib trimmer if they really understand the sail and are plaing with the halyard, car position, and other trims then they are and equal part of the time.
Seems to me that when all positions on the boat are doing their jobs well the whole thing is just easy,chuck a bad driver in and watch it fall apart.That goes for all spots on the boat.
I always thought the driver was no more than a monkey that watched the telltales and just pointed the boat in the right direction.
www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=22301   (1843 words)

  
 Sailors Logs: Circumnavigators send weekly reports
They've been cruising with their two young daughters in Greenland and the British Isles, and are now headed south for Antarctica.
Most recently they sailed from Norway to Iceland, Greenland, and Nova Scotia, and have now built a cabin in the woods in Maine.
have sailed Theta Volantis, their Sundeer 64, from the East Coast of the US to Europe, and then back across the pond to New Zealand, through the Southwest Pacific, to Australia, Southeast Asia, through the Red Sea, and are now in the Med.
www.setsail.com /s_logs/s_logs.html   (656 words)

  
 driver - OneLook Dictionary Search
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www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=driver   (436 words)

  
 Working Waterfront Story
When the family sailed into the harbor, there was their new friend, surprised they had taken his advice.
The Martins wrote articles about their travels that they sold to sailing magazines, and that income was supplemented by an advance on a book they eventually wrote about their odyssey.
Some winters, DRIVER remained dockside while their kids attended foreign schools, another winter the family flew to Colorado and lived there 10 months before returning to Norway to sail DRIVER home.
www.workingwaterfront.com /article.asp?storyID=20040229   (1607 words)

  
 What is Para-Sailing?
A skilled driver and observer, a two man ground crew, favorable winds, and you're ready.
The sail is spread and held up on both sides by the flight crew.
The driver reduces the throttle and the flyer gently drifts downward.
www.para-sail.com /page10.html   (566 words)

  
 Landsailing - Sail Sand Point
The 'driver' uses a 2-channel radio to adjust the 'landyacht's' steering servo and sail sheeting servo.
Most youth are not exposed to sailing in their everyday lives.
Better yet, find a teacher sympathetic to sailing and encourage he or she to start a "landsailing team".
www.sailsandpoint.org /?content=Landsailing   (292 words)

  
 [No title]
The boats were so fast that the driver could react quickly enough only if he followed hand signals given by the navigator next to him.
When a course correction was needed, he would point his arm in the direction he wanted the driver to steer and then make a rapid chopping motion with his hand.
Sail lets the most experienced sailors and the best writers share what they've learned in first-person tales of beauty found, dangers defied and solutions won under sail.
www.sailmag.com /cruisingtips/CTSafety/index.html   (516 words)

  
 Sailing and Sail Boat Rent Turkey, Marmaris, Fethiye, Antalya, Bodrum
Sailing and Sail Boat Rent Turkey, Marmaris, Fethiye, Antalya, Bodrum
The Skipper must be holder of a valid sailing license or provide a proof of his previous sailing experience.
A driver will wait for you at the airport with your name sign and bring you directly to your yacht in the marina.If you arrive before 24:00 h, one of our staff will wait for you at the yacht.
sailing.blueguide.com /conditions.php   (495 words)

  
 Pineapple Sails Latitude 38
Skillfully sailed by just Liz, Todd and Jim Antrim, the boat's designer, E.T. won division D in this year's Pacific Cup race from San Francisco to Kaneohe, Hawaii.
It was the full-sized Pineapple sail that sped the Antrim over the most miles per day.
And the smaller, flatter Pineapple reacher that was the sail of choice when the wind came up, allowing two crew to sleep with only a driver on deck.
www.pineapplesails.com /lat38ads/00nov.htm   (171 words)

  
 gybe
Watch the driver and angle of heel for clues as to when the "trip" call will come.
Watch the outboard end of the pole...do not let it poke straight at the sail, which will be a problem if the topping lift is pulled up before the new afterguy is trimmed in.
Watch the sail carefully as the boat continues to turn through the gybe.
www.sailmaker.com /articles/gybe/dpg_task.htm   (1737 words)

  
 Fair wind sailing school st thomas virgin islands asa
If you have sailing experience, you will have an advantage taking this class, however it can still be very useful.
In addition to covering the techniques and procedures used to sail the boat, the Instant Bareboater class also covers procedures and systems used for living aboard, anchoring, cooking, bathing, and cruising.
Sailing is fun and once you know the basics, its pretty easy.
www.fairwindsailing.com /faq.html   (1321 words)

  
 Series Results: 505 Spring Regatta
Lewis was on a stopover in the area between legs of the Whitbread race.
In race one, for example, there was more breeze on the left near the approach to the mark, and boats that went hard left to get into the wind line got some dividends.
Ali Meller, sailing with newcomer Clayton James, caused mouths to drop on the committee boat when he did a bag boat skipper douse, with Clayton driving from the wire.
www.sailingsource.com /int505/98wrsp1.htm   (588 words)

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