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...

up sail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind. Sail or...

Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...

gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger, and pusher sail. On a schooner of four or...

a topgallant sail (topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant", topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above...

Look up full sail in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Full Sail may refer to: Full Sail (Chesapeake album), 1996 Full Sail (Loggins and Messina album)...

A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports...

The settee sail was a lateen sail with the front corner cut off, giving it a quadrilateral shape. The settee sail requires a shorter yard than does the...

vessels Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured. A sail may...

Black Sails may refer to: Black Sails, a subsidiary 745 m summit of Wetherlam, a 763 m summit in the Coniston Fells of the Lake District Black Sails (TV...

The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance...

"Sail On! Sail On!" is an alternate history short story by American writer Philip José Farmer, first published in Startling Stories 1952. In an alternative...

In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (British/Commonwealth usage) (also known as a fairwater) of a submarine is the tower-like structure...

Sail Away may refer to: Sail Away (musical), a 1961 musical by Noël Coward, or the title song Sail Away (Great White album) or the title song, 1994 Sail...

Sail On may refer to: Sail On (Imperials album) or the title song, 1977 Sail On (Muddy Waters album), 1969; originally The Best of Muddy Waters, 1958 Sail...

Oliver "Oli" Sail is a New Zealand professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for A-League club Perth Glory and the New Zealand national football...

Full Sail University is a private for-profit university in Winter Park, Florida. It was formerly a recording studio in Ohio named Full Sail Productions...

In sailing, a course is a type of square sail. It is the sail set on the lowest yard on a mast. The courses are given a name derived from the mast on which...

A genoa sail is a type of large jib or staysail that extends past the mast and so overlaps the main sail when viewed from the side, sometimes eliminating...

square sail, canted rectangular sail, rectangular balance lug, or balance lug sail in English.: 102–103 : 608  In historical sources, a tanja sail is sometimes...

To Sail, to Sail is a studio album of acoustic guitar solos by English guitarist, composer and improvisor Fred Frith. It is Frith's first album of acoustic...

The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail-like craft. It...

Forces on sails result from movement of air that interacts with sails and gives them motive power for sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats...

A sail switch, vane switch or flow switch is a mechanical switch that is actuated on or off in response to the flow or non-flow of a fluid such as air...

up sailer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sailer may refer to: Sailer (surname) Sailer butterflies: the butterfly genera Neptis (typical sailers) and...

Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular...

rigged sails, gaff rigged sails, gaff sails, gunter rig, lateen sails, lug sails, tanja sails, the spanker sail on a square rig and crab claw sails. Fore-and-aft...

powered by their sails. Sails are found in different forms, from primitive common sails to the advanced patent sails. The jib sail is found in Mediterranean...

A studding sail, or stun'sl (pronounced stuns'l /ˈstʌnsəl/) is an extra sail on a square rigged vessel for use in fair weather. It is set outside the...

The Chevrolet Sail (Chinese: 雪佛兰赛欧; pinyin: Xuěfúlán Sài'ōu) is a subcompact car produced by SAIC-GM, a joint venture of General Motors in China. Launched...