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34 relations: Adrian Hayter, Circumnavigation, Concordia yawls, Cruising Club of America, Cutter (boat), Devon, Dinghy, Drascombe, Dutch language, Fishing vessel, Fore-and-aft rig, Francis Chichester, Harry Pidgeon, Humber Yawl Club, International Offshore Rule, Islander (yawl), John MacGregor (sportsman), Ketch, L. Francis Herreshoff, Mast (sailing), Motorsailer, Olin Stephens, Royal Ocean Racing Club, Sail plan, Sailing, Salcombe Yawl, Schooner, Sloop, Spray (sailing vessel), Stern, Stormy Weather (yacht), Traditional fishing boat, Webster's Dictionary, Yoal.
Adrian Hayter
Adrian Goodenough Hayter (22 December 1914 – 14 June 1990) was a New Zealand soldier, sailor, Antarctic expedition leader and author.
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Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation is navigation completely around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).
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Concordia yawls
The Concordia yawl was designed in 1938 by naval architect C. Raymond Hunt with input from Llewellyn and Waldo Howland, Clinton Crane, Fenwick Williams and Frank Paine.
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Cruising Club of America
The Cruising Club of America (CCA) is an international organization of sailors that promotes cruising, boat racing, and offshore sailing.
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Cutter (boat)
A cutter is typically a small, but in some cases a medium-sized, watercraft designed for speed rather than for capacity.
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Devon
Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.
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Dinghy
A dinghy (or dingey) is a type of small boat, often carried or towed for use as a lifeboat by a larger vessel.
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Drascombe
The word Drascombe is a trademark that was first registered by who applied it to a series of sailing boats which he designed and built in the period 1965-79 and sold in the United Kingdom (UK).
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Dutch language
The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.
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Fishing vessel
A fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river.
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Fore-and-aft rig
A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing rig consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it.
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Francis Chichester
Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972) was a pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
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Harry Pidgeon
Harry Clifford Pidgeon (August 31, 1869 – November 4, 1954) was an American sailor, a noted photographer, and was the second person to sail single-handedly around the world (1921-1925), 23 years after Joshua Slocum, a professional sea captain.
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Humber Yawl Club
The Humber Yawl Club is a yawl club founded in 1883 and so is one of England's oldest sailing clubs.
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International Offshore Rule
The International Offshore Rule (IOR) was a measurement rule for racing sailboats.
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Islander (yawl)
The Islander was the 34-foot yawl with which Harry Pidgeon sailed around the world single-handedly from 1921 to 1925.
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John MacGregor (sportsman)
John MacGregor (24 January 1825 Gravesend – 16 July 1892 Boscombe, Bournemouth), nicknamed Rob Roy after a renowned relative, was a Scottish explorer, travel writer and philanthropist.
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Ketch
A ketch is a two-masted sailing craft whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast).
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L. Francis Herreshoff
L. (Lewis) Francis Herreshoff (November 11, 1890 – December 1972), was a boat designer, naval architect, editor and author of books and magazine articles.
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Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.
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Motorsailer
A Motorsailer, aka "motorsailor" (US), is a type of sailing vessel, typically a pleasure yacht, that derives propulsion from its sails and engine(s) in equal measure.
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Olin Stephens
Olin James Stephens II (April 13, 1908 – September 13, 2008) was an American yacht designer of the 20th century.
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Royal Ocean Racing Club
The Royal Ocean Racing Club also called RORC was established in 1925, named Ocean Racing Club, as a result of a race to the Fastnet rock from Cowes and finishing in Plymouth.
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Sail plan
A sail plan is a set of drawings, usually prepared by a naval architect which shows the various combinations of sail proposed for a sailing ship.
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Sailing
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.
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Salcombe Yawl
The term Salcombe Yawl refers to a small sailing dinghy restricted class native to Salcombe in South Devon, and also to the traditional sailing vessel from the area upon which that class was based, with a 200-year history.
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Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.
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Sloop
A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.
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Spray (sailing vessel)
The Spray was an oyster sloop which Joshua Slocum rebuilt and single-handedly sailed around the world, the first voyage of its kind.
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Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.
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Stormy Weather (yacht)
Stormy Weather is a ocean-racing yawl that was designed by Olin Stephens when he was only twenty-five, and launched from the Henry B. Nevins yard in New York on 14 May 1934.
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Traditional fishing boat
Traditionally, many different kinds of boats have been used as fishing boats to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river.
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Webster's Dictionary
Webster's Dictionary is any of the dictionaries edited by Noah Webster in the early nineteenth century, and numerous related or unrelated dictionaries that have adopted the Webster's name.
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Yoal
The yoal, often referred to as the ness yoal, is a clinker-built craft used traditionally in Shetland, Scotland.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yawl
