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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.
The Portuguese term is cognate and approximate synonym of the English rutter. Roteiro is applied generally to maritime literature in use from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and specifically to nautical route descriptions compiled by and for sailors and pilots. [1]
Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit. Running rigging varies between vessels that are rigged fore and aft and those that are square-rigged.
2020 South American Sailing Championships (470) February 11–17, 2020 Oceania Qualification Events 2019 Finn Gold Cup: December 16–21, 2019: Melbourne [4] 2020 Sail Melbourne International (470) January 17–21, 2020 2020 Nacra 17 World Championships: February 8–15, 2020: Geelong [4] 2020 49er & 49er FX World Championships: 2020 Laser ...
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
Integrated over the sailing craft, the total aerodynamic force (F T) is located at the centre of effort (CE), which is a function of the design and adjustment of the sails on a sailing craft. Similarly, the total hydrodynamic force ( F l ) is located at the centre of lateral resistance ( CLR ), which is a function of the design of the hull and ...
An extract from a case study in the application of Mark Room (Rule 18). The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind.
The men's RS:X competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the men's windsurfer event and was held in Enoshima, Japan, from 25 July to 31 July 2021. [1] 25 sailors from 25 nations competed in 13 races, including one medal-race where points were doubled. [2] The land venue was Enoshima Yacht Harbour and races were held on Sagami Bay. [1]