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31 relations: Block (sailing), Boating (magazine), Boom (sailing), Boom vang, Bow (ship), Bulkhead (partition), Clark Mills (boatbuilder), Daggerboard, Dinghy sailing, Fiberglass, International class, Laser 4.7, Laser Radial, Mast (sailing), Monohull, One-Design, Portsmouth Yardstick, Pram (boat), Pram (ship), Royal Yachting Association, Rudder, Sail, Sail components, Sheet (sailing), Soap Box Derby, Spar (sailing), Spritsail, Stern, World Sailing, 29er (dinghy), 420 (dinghy).
Block (sailing)
In sailing, a block is a single or multiple pulley.
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Boating (magazine)
Boating is an American enthusiast magazine published by the Bonnier Corporation.
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Boom (sailing)
In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail.
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Boom vang
A boom vang (US) or kicking strap (UK) is a line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail.
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Bow (ship)
The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.
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Bulkhead (partition)
A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship or within the fuselage of an aeroplane.
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Clark Mills (boatbuilder)
Clark Mills (1915, Michigan - December 11, 2001, Clearwater Florida) was an American designer and builder of boats.
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Daggerboard
A daggerboard is a retractable centreboard used by various sailing craft.
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Dinghy sailing
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls.
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Fiberglass
Fiberglass (US) or fibreglass (UK) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
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International class
International Class was a status that the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) used to grant to sailing boat classes that offered a high standard of international competitive sailing and satisfied a number of criteria regarding the number of boats of that class, their international distribution, and the rules, administration and operation of that class's Class Association.
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Laser 4.7
The Laser 4.7 is a one-design dinghy class in the Laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat.
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Laser Radial
The Laser Radial is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance.
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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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Monohull
right A monohull is a type of boat having only one hull, unlike multihulled boats which can have two or more individual hulls connected to one another.
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One-Design
One-Design is a racing method which may be adopted in sports which use complex equipment, whereby all vehicles, gliders or boats have identical or very similar designs or models.
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Portsmouth Yardstick
The Portsmouth Yardstick (PY) or Portsmouth handicap scheme is a term used for a number of related systems of empirical handicapping used primarily in small sailboat racing.
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Pram (boat)
A pram is a small utility dinghy with a transom bow rather than a pointed bow.
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Pram (ship)
A pram or pramm describes a type of shallow-draught flat-bottomed ship.
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Royal Yachting Association
The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is the British national governing body for all forms of boating sport, including dinghy and yacht racing, motor and sail cruising, RIBs and sports boats, powerboat racing, windsurfing, and personal watercraft.
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Rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other conveyance that moves through a fluid medium (generally air or water).
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Sail
A sail is a tensile structure—made from fabric or other membrane materials—that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.
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Sail components
Sail components include the features that define a sail's shape and function, plus its constituent parts from which it is manufactured.
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Sheet (sailing)
In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.
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Soap Box Derby
The Soap Box Derby is a youth soapbox car racing program which has been run in the United States since 1934.
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Spar (sailing)
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail.
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Spritsail
The spritsail is a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail that is supported at its highest points by the mast and a diagonally running spar known as the sprit.
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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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World Sailing
World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
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29er (dinghy)
The 29er is a two-person high performance sailing skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998.
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420 (dinghy)
The International 420 Class Dinghy (not to be confused with the Club 420) is a double-handed (2 crew) monohull planing dinghy with centreboard, bermuda rig and center sheeting.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimist_(dinghy)
