Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts , rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation . It was known as a periplus ("sailing-around" book) in classical antiquity and a portolano ("port book") to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea .
Players begin in a secluded area called Tutorial Island, where they are taken through a tutorial, a set path where they learn the most basic skills in RuneScape. [15] [16] After the tutorial, players have access to tutors and advisors located in the towns they explore, who can give players appropriate information about their respective skills. [17]
The oldest sailing directions, dating back to the middle ages, descended directly from the Greek and Roman periplii: in classical times, in the absence of real nautical charts, navigation was carried out using books that described the coast, not necessarily intended for navigation, but more often consisting of reports of previous voyages, or celebrations of the deeds of leaders or rulers.
Rutter may refer to: Rutter (name), a surname of English origin; Rutter (nautical), a mariner's handbook of sailing directions; Rutter, Ontario, Canada; Rutter Group, a publisher of materials for lawyers and judges in the U.S. Operation Rutter, code name for the Dieppe Raid in 1942; Rutter's, an American convenience store chain
For many sailing craft, the arc spanning 45° on either side of the wind is a "no-go" zone, [44] where a sail is unable to mobilize power from the wind. [45] Sailing on a course as close to the wind as possible—approximately 45°—is termed "close-hauled". At 90° off the wind, a craft is on a "beam reach".
Alan Lucas (born 1936) [1] is an Australian yachtsman [2] and writer of boat cruising guides and other books relating to life on the sea. His Cruising the Coral Coast was the second cruising guide to be published in Australia.
Generally, a rudder is "part of the steering apparatus of a boat or ship that is fastened outside the hull, " denoting all types of oars, paddles, and rudders. [1] More specifically, the steering gear of ancient vessels can be classified into side-rudders and stern-mounted rudders, depending on their location on the ship.
The Wayfarer is a wooden or fibreglass hulled fractional Bermuda rigged sailing dinghy of great versatility; it can be used for short 'day boat' trips, for longer cruises and for racing. Over 11,000 have been produced as of 2016. [3]