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Cape Cod Gemini

Index Cape Cod Gemini

The Cape Cod Gemini is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff as a day sailer and first built in 1955. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Beaching (nautical), Bermuda rig, Boat trailer, Cape Cod Shipbuilding, Day sailer, Dinghy sailing, Fiberglass, Fractional rig, Hull speed, Leeboard, List of sailing boat types, Monohull, Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, Planing (boat), Rudder, Sailboat, Sailor, Skeg, Sloop, Stem (ship), Tiller, Transom (nautical), United States.

  2. 1950s sailboat type designs
  3. Sailboat types built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding

Beaching (nautical)

Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.

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Bermuda rig

A Bermuda rig, Bermudian rig, or Marconi rig is a configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat and is the typical configuration for most modern sailboats.

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Boat trailer

A boat trailer is designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store boats.

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Cape Cod Shipbuilding

Cape Cod Shipbuilding is an American boat builder based in Wareham, Massachusetts.

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Day sailer

A daysailer, day sailer, or dayboat is a small sailboat with or without sleeping accommodations but which is larger than a dinghy.

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls. Cape Cod Gemini and Dinghy sailing are dinghies.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fractional rig

A fractional rig on a sailing vessel consists of a foresail, such as a jib or genoa sail, that does not reach all the way to the top of the mast.

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Hull speed

Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel.

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Leeboard

A leeboard is a form of pivoting keel used by a sailboat largely and very often in lieu of a fixed keel.

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List of sailing boat types

The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

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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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Nathanael Greene Herreshoff

Nathanael Greene Herreshoff (March 18, 1848 – June 2, 1938) was an American naval architect, mechanical engineer, and yacht design innovator.

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Planing (boat)

Planing is the mode of operation for a waterborne craft in which its weight is predominantly supported by hydrodynamic lift, rather than hydrostatic lift (buoyancy).

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Rudder

A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).

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Sailboat

A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.

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Sailor

A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.

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Skeg

A skeg (or skegg or skag) is a sternward extension of the keel of boats and ships which have a rudder mounted on the centre line.

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Sloop

A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast.

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Stem (ship)

The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself.

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Tiller

A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.

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Transom (nautical)

In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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See also

1950s sailboat type designs

Sailboat types built by Cape Cod Shipbuilding

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Gemini