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is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sailing: Sailing – the use of wind to provide the primary power via sail(s) or wing to propel a craft over water, ice or land. A sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails by adjusting their angle with respect to the moving sailing craft and sometimes by adjusting the sail area.

Overview

Sailing can be described as all of the following: *

Exercise Exercise is a body activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons, to aid growth and improve strength, develop muscles and the cardiovascular system, hone athletic ...

– bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness. *

Recreation Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasur ...

– activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. ** Outdoor recreation – * Sport – organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means. * Transport – movement of people and goods from one location to another. **

Boating Boating is the leisurely activity of travelling by boat, or the recreational use of a boat whether Motorboat, powerboats, Sailing, sailboats, or man-powered vessels (such as rowing and paddle boats), focused on the travel itself, as well as sp ...

– travel or transport by boat; or the recreational use of a boat (whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels such as rowing and paddle boats) focused on the travel itself or on sports activities, such as fishing. ** Travel – movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations for any purpose and any duration, with or without any additional means of transport. ** Tourism – travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.

Types of sailing

Canoe sailing Canoe sailing refers to the practice of fitting an Austronesian outrigger or Western canoe with sails. Austronesian sailing canoes The outrigger canoe was one of the key technological innovations of the Austronesian peoples. Although there is ...

* Cruising (maritime) * Dinghy sailing *

Sailing (sport) The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among t ...

** Dinghy racing **

Match racing A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head. In sailboat racing it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team racing where teams consis ...

Fleet racing Fleet racing is a form of competitive sailing that involves sailboats racing one another over a set course. It is the most common form of sailboat racing and contrasts with match racing and team racing. Fleet racing can take place in two main form ...

Team racing Team racing, also known as team sailing, is a popular form of dinghy racing and yacht racing. Two teams compete in a race, each sailing two to four boats of the same class. The winning team is decided by combining the results of each team's boats ...

Speed sailing Speed sailing is the art of sailing a craft as fast as possible over a predetermined route, and having its overall or peak speed recorded and accredited by a regulatory body. The term usually refers to sailing on water, even though sailing on land ...

* Single-handed sailing * Yachting

History of sailing

History of sailing *

Age of Sail The Age of Sail is a period that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid- 15th) to the mid- 19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the introduction of naval ...

Types of sailing vessels

* Sailboat ** Catboat ** Cutter (boat) ** Day sailer ** Dinghy ** Skiff (sailing) ** Keelboat ** Ketch ** Pleasure craft **

Sailing hydrofoil A sailing hydrofoil, hydrofoil sailboat, or hydrosail is a sailboat with wing-like foils mounted under the hull. As the craft increases its speed the hydrofoils lift the hull up and out of the water, greatly reducing wetted area, resulting in de ...

** Sailing yacht (small) **

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. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...

** Yawl * Sailing ship ** Bermuda sloop **

Clipper A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "C ...

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Medium clipper A medium clipper is a type of clipper designed for both cargo carrying capacity and speed. An evolutionary adaptation of the extreme clipper, the medium clipper had been invented by 1851, when the hull type appeared in U.S. shipyards. Medium clipp ...

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Extreme clipper An extreme clipper was a clipper designed to sacrifice cargo capacity for speed. They had a bow lengthened above the water, a drawing out and sharpening of the forward body, and the greatest breadth further aft. In the United States, extreme clipp ...

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Dutch clipper A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "Cli ...

** Junk (ship) ** Ketch ** Sailing yacht (large) **

Schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

** Sportsboat **

Tall ship A tall ship is a large, traditionally- rigged sailing vessel. Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail schooners, brigantines, brigs and barques. "Tall ship" can also be defined more specifically by an organization, such as for a race or fe ...

Parts of a sailing vessel

* Aftercastle * Anchor * Anchor windlass * Beakhead * Bilge * Bilgeboard * Boom brake * Bow (ship), Bow * Bowsprit * Capstan (nautical), Capstan * Cathead * Centreboard * Chains (nautical), Chains * Cockpit (sailing), Cockpit * Crow's nest * Daggerboard * Deck (ship), Deck * Figurehead (object), Figurehead * Forecastle * Gangway (nautical), Gangway * Gunwale * Head (watercraft), Head * Hull (watercraft), Hull * Jackline * Jibboom * Keel * Canting keel, Keel (Canting) * Keelson, Kelson * Leeboard * Mast (sailing), Mast * Orlop, Orlop deck * Poop deck * Prow * Quarter gallery * Quarterdeck * Rudder * Sail * Ship's wheel * Skeg * Spar (sailing) * Stem (ship), Stem * Stern * Sternpost * Strake * Tiller * Top (sailing ship), Top * Transom (nautical), Transom * Whipstaff * Wind transducer * Winch

Hull configurations

* Monohull * Multihull ** Catamaran ** Trimaran

Rigging

Rigging – apparatus through which the force of the wind is used to propel sailboats and sailing ships forward. This includes spars (masts, yards, etc.), sails, and cordage.

Types of rigs

* Bermuda rig * Cat rigged, Cat rig * Crab claw sail * Fore-and-aft rig * Full-rigged ship, Full rig * Fractional rig * Gaff rig * Junk rig * Lateen * Ljungstrom rig * Mast aft rig * Spritsail * Square rig

Rigging components

*Standing rigging - the fixed lines, wires, or rods, which support each mast or bowsprit on a sailing vessel and reinforce those spars against wind loads transferred from the sails. ** Backstay ** Bobstay ** Chainplates ** Forestay ** Ratlines ** Shroud (sailing), Shroud ** Stay mouse ** Stays (nautical), Stays ** Turnbuckle *Running rigging - the components used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel ** Block (sailing), Block ** Boomkicker ** Braces (sailing), Braces ** Clewlines and buntlines, Buntlines ** Cleat (nautical), Cleat ** Clewlines and buntlines, Clewlines ** Cunningham (sailing), Cunningham ** Downhaul ** Earing ** Fairlead ** Gasket (sailing), Gasket ** Gooseneck (sailing), Gooseneck ** Gunter rig ** Guy (sailing), Guy ** Halyard *** Peak halyard, Peak *** Throat halyard, Throat ** Boom vang, Kicker ** Lazy jack ** Outhaul ** Parrel beads ** Preventer ** Spinnaker chute ** Sheet (sailing), Sheet ** Topping lift ** Trapeze (sailing), Trapeze ** Mechanical traveller, Traveller ** Boom vang, Vang *General rigging components ** Clevis fastener, Clevis pin ** Deadeye ** Shackle ** Apparent wind indicator, Windex

= Types of Spars

= Spar (sailing) – 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. These include booms and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole. * Boom (sailing), Boom * Bowsprit * Boomkin * Dolphin striker a/k/a Martingale * Pelican striker * Mast (sailing), Fore-mast * Gaff rig, Gaff * Jackstaff * Jibboom * Mast (sailing), Jigger-mast * Jury rigging * Mast (sailing), Main-mast * Mast (sailing), Mast * Mast (sailing), Mizzen-mast * Truck (rigging), Truck * Spinnaker pole * Spreader (sailboat), Spreader * Spritsail, Sprit * Topmast * Yard (sailing), Yard

= Sails

= * Sail a device designed to receive and redirect a force upon a surface area. Traditionally, the surface was engineered of woven fabric and supported by a mast, whose purpose is to propel a sailing vessel.

Types of sails

* Blooper (sail), Blooper * Course (sail), Course * Crab claw sail, Crab claw * Driver (sail), Driver * Extra (sailing), Extra * Fisherman's staysail, Fisherman * Junk rig, Junk sail * Lateen * Lug sail * Mainsail * Moonraker (sail), Moonraker * Power kite, Parafoil * Ringtail (sail), Ringtail * Flettner ship, Rotorsail * Royal (sail), Royal * Screecher * Skysail * Spanker (sail), Spanker * Spinnaker ** Asymmetrical spinnaker *** Gennaker * Spritsail * Staysail ** Jib ** Genoa (sail), Genoa * Studding sail, Studding * Topgallant sail, Topgallant * Topsail * Trysail * Turbosail * Watersail * Wingsail

Sail anatomy

* Sail material ** Polyethylene terephthalate, Dacron ** Technora ** Kevlar ** Twaron * Parts of a sail ** Parts of a sail#The corners, Clew ** Parts of a sail#The edges, Foot ** Parts of a sail#The corners, Head ** Parts of a sail#The edges, Leech ** Parts of a sail#The edges, Luff ** Parts of a sail#The roach, Roach ** Parts of a sail#The corners, Tack ** Parts of a sail#The corners, Throat ** Parts of a sail#The corners, Peak

Sailing vessel design and physics

* Sail-plan * Racing Rules of Sailing * Forces on sails

Stability of sailing vessels

* Turtling (sailing) * Angle of loll * Broach (nautical) * Death roll * Drogue * Limit of positive stability * Metacentric height * Naval architecture * Ship stability * Weight distribution

Sailing activity

* Five essentials of sailing * Sail training

Sport sailing

– using sailboats for sporting purposes. It can be recreational or competitive. Competitive sailing is in the form of races. * Types of races **

– involves sailboats racing one another over a set course. It is the most common form of sailboat racing. **

– racing between two competitors, going head-to-head. **

– also known as teams racing, is a popular form of dinghy racing and yacht racing. Two teams consisting of 2, 3, or 4 boats compete together in a race, all the boats being of the one class and reasonably evenly matched. The results of each team are combined to decide the winner * Race formats and sailing sport events ** Short course racing *** Sailing at the Asian Games *** Sailing at the Summer Paralympics *** Sailing at the Summer Olympics *** America's Cup *** Cowes Week *** Mug Race ** Coastal/Inshore racing *** Swiftsure Yacht Race ** Offshore racing *** Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race *** Transpacific Yacht Race *** Fastnet Race *** Bermuda Race *** Hamilton Island Race Week *** Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac *** Governors Cup *** South Atlantic Race ** Oceanic racing *** Volvo Ocean Race (formerly called the Whitbread Round the World Race) *** Global Challenge *** Clipper Round the World Race. * ''Racing Rules of Sailing'' * Ruling bodies ** Austrian Sailing Federation ** South African Sailing ** Swedish Sailing Federation ** Swiss Sailing ** US Sailing ** World Sailing

Locations related to sailing

* Shipyard

Sailing organizations

* International Sailing Federation * International Association for Disabled Sailing

Sailing publications

* ''Australian Sailing magazine'' * ''Blue Water Sailing Magazine'' * ''Boat International Media'' * ''International Boat Industry'' * ''Motor Boats Monthly'' * ''Practical Boat Owner'' * ''SuperYacht Business'' * ''Yacht Harbour'' * ''Yachting (magazine), Yachting'' * ''Yachting Monthly'' * ''Yachting World''

Persons influential or notable in sailing

* List of sailboat designers and manufacturers * List of Olympic medalists in sailing

Notable sailing vessels

* American Sailboat Hall of Fame * List of large sailing yachts * List of schooners * List of large sailing vessels * List of clipper ships * List of longest wooden ships * List of large sailing sloops * List of tall ships

References

External links

American Sailing AssociationUS Sailing
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