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Once the ship has come about, the remaining sails are adjusted to align properly with the new tack. Because square-rigger masts are more strongly supported from behind than from ahead, tacking is a dangerous procedure in strong winds. The ship may lose forward momentum (become caught in stays) and the rigging may fail from the wind coming from ...
A tack is the windward side of a sailing craft (side from which the wind is coming while under way)—the starboard or port tack. Generally, a craft is on a starboard tack if the wind is coming over the starboard (right) side with sails on port (left) side. Similarly, a craft is on a port tack if the wind is coming over the port (left).
"To stay" is also a verb: to bring the ship's head up to the wind (to point the bow upwind). [2] This is done in order to go about (to tack ; tacking is sometimes also called staying the vessel [ 3 ] ); the bow of the ship turns upwind, then continues turning until the wind comes over the other side.
The ship is close-hauled and the sail is now controlled by the tack rather than the sheet. The tack of a square-rigged sail is a line attached to its lower corner. [1] This is in contrast to the more common fore-and-aft sail, whose tack is a part of the sail itself, the corner which is (possibly semi-permanently) secured to the vessel.
Broad reaching on port tack. "Prepare to jibe!" Bearing away, or turning downwind, and hauling in the sail(s) to begin the jibing maneuver. "Bearing away!" Heading downwind, the wind catches the other side of the sail and it jibes, then is quickly let out to its new position. "Jibe-ho!" Steadying up on the new tack. Broad reaching on starboard ...
The "ghost ship" keeps firing missiles at the two ships, and they both return fire, destroying the Nimbus, with Zapp and Kif boarding and taking command. Out of ammo and hope, Zapp officiates Fry and Leela's wedding before the ship is destroyed by the "ghost ship", an alternate version of the Planet Express ship that survived.
Patrick J. Adams and Meghan Markle. USA Network The ninth and final season of Suits will be released on Netflix in July. Netflix’s Tudum shared the news on Sunday, June 2, that the final ...
The ninth season of JAG premiered on CBS on September 26, 2003, and concluded on May 21, 2004. The season, starring David James Elliott and Catherine Bell, was produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Television. Season 9 of JAG aired alongside the first season of NCIS.