Table of Contents
39 relations: Aluminium, Beaching (nautical), Bermuda rig, Boat trailer, Boom vang, Catboat, Clark Mills (boatbuilder), Cunningham (sailing), Daggerboard, Dinghy sailing, Draft (hull), Fiberglass, Fractional rig, Homebuilt machines, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Jib, List of sailing boat types, Lockley Newport Boats, Mainsail, Masthead rig, Mechanical advantage, Monohull, One-design racing, Outhaul, Plywood, Portsmouth Yardstick, Rudder, Sailboat, Sailing (sport), Sailor, Sloop, Spinnaker, Stem (ship), Tiller, Transom (nautical), Trapeze (sailing), Traveller (nautical fitting), United States, US1.
Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Aluminium
Beaching (nautical)
Beaching (or landing) is the process in which a ship or boat is laid ashore, or grounded deliberately in shallow water.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Beaching (nautical)
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Bermuda rig
Boat trailer
A boat trailer is designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store boats.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Boat trailer
Boom vang
A boom vang (US) or kicking strap (UK) (often shortened to "vang" or "kicker") 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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Boom vang
Catboat
A catboat (alternate spelling: cat boat) is a sailboat with a single sail on a single mast set well forward in the bow of a very beamy and (usually) shallow draft hull.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Catboat
Clark Mills (boatbuilder)
Clark Wilbur Mills (1915, Michigan - December 11, 2001, Clearwater Florida) was an American designer and builder of boats.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Clark Mills (boatbuilder)
Cunningham (sailing)
In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham's eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Cunningham (sailing)
Daggerboard
A daggerboard is a retractable centreboard used by various sailing craft.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Daggerboard
Dinghy sailing
Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Dinghy sailing
Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Draft (hull)
Fiberglass
Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (Commonwealth English) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Fiberglass
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Fractional rig
Homebuilt machines
Homebuilt machines are machines built outside of specialised workshops or factories.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Homebuilt machines
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is an American publisher of textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, and reference works.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Jib
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Jib
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).
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and List of sailing boat types
Lockley Newport Boats
Lockley Newport Boats was an American boat builder based in Newport Beach, California.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Lockley Newport Boats
Mainsail
A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Mainsail
Masthead rig
A masthead rig on a sailing vessel consists of a forestay and backstay both attached at the top of the mast.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Masthead rig
Mechanical advantage
Mechanical advantage is a measure of the force amplification achieved by using a tool, mechanical device or machine system.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Mechanical advantage
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Monohull
One-design racing
One-design racing is a racing method which may be adopted in sports using complex equipment, whereby all vehicles have identical or very similar designs or models, avoiding the need for a handicap system.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and One-design racing
Outhaul
An outhaul is a control line found on a sailboat.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Outhaul
Plywood
Plywood is a composite material manufactured from thin layers, or "plies", of wood veneer that are glued together with adjacent layers, having both glued with each other at right angle.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Plywood
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Portsmouth Yardstick
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).
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Rudder
Sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Sailboat
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Sailing (sport)
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Sailor
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Sloop
Spinnaker
A spinnaker is a sail designed specifically for sailing off the wind on courses between a reach (wind at 90° to the course) to downwind (course in the same direction as the wind).
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Spinnaker
Stem (ship)
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Stem (ship)
Tiller
A tiller or till is a lever used to steer a vehicle.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Tiller
Transom (nautical)
In some boats and ships, a transom is the aft transverse surface of the hull that forms the stern of a vessel.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Transom (nautical)
Trapeze (sailing)
In sailing, the trapeze is a wire that comes from a point high on the mast, usually where the shrouds are fixed, to a hook on the crew member's harness at approximately waist level.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Trapeze (sailing)
Traveller (nautical fitting)
A traveller is a part of the rigging of a boat or ship that provides a moving attachment point for a rope, sail or yard to a fixed part of the vessel.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and Traveller (nautical fitting)
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.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and United States
US1
The US1, sometimes written US 1, is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by Ralph Kuppersmith and Clark Mills as a one-design racer and first built in 1973.
See Windmill (sailing dinghy) and US1
References
Also known as Windmill (dinghy).