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Tacking (sailing) and Trimaran

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Difference between Tacking (sailing) and Trimaran

Tacking (sailing) vs. Trimaran

Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing vessel, whose desired course is into the wind, turns its bow toward the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side to the other, allowing progress in the desired direction. A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams.

Similarities between Tacking (sailing) and Trimaran

Tacking (sailing) and Trimaran have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Jibe, Sailing.

Jibe

A jibe (US) or gybe (Britain) is a sailing maneuver whereby a sailing vessel reaching downwind turns its stern through the wind, such that the wind direction changes from one side of the boat to the other.

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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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Tacking (sailing) and Trimaran Comparison

Tacking (sailing) has 17 relations, while Trimaran has 122. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 1.44% = 2 / (17 + 122).

References

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