enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Tacking (sailing) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacking_(sailing)

    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 ...

  3. Tack (sailing) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(sailing)

    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).

  4. Tack (square sail) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_(square_sail)

    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.

  5. Erin and Ben Napier Just Announced the Next Location for ...

    www.aol.com/erin-ben-napier-just-announced...

    The six-episode season is slated to air early next year, but Erin and Ben are already on the ground kicking things off. "Day 3 filming #HomeTownTakeover S3 (we are eating all the Cuban food and ...

  6. Ships speeding through US 'go slow' zones meant to protect ...

    www.aol.com/news/ships-speeding-us-slow-zones...

    More than 80% of ships are speeding through "go slow" zones set by environmental regulators along the U.S. East Coast to protect endangered North Atlantic Right Whales, according to a report ...

  7. High Arctic Haulers - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_Haulers

    Almost none of Canada's Northern communities have any port facilities, a fact the series portrays dramatically as it shows the extra difficulties the ships face unloading cargo: (1) unloading and launching a tugboat and barge, they carry as deck cargo; (2) using the tug and barge to carry front end loaders to the community's beach, where they will then unload pallets of cargo from subsequent ...

  8. I Quit My 9-To-5 To Work on a Cruise Ship: Here’s How Much ...

    www.aol.com/quit-9-5-cruise-ship-120016283.html

    If you've ever been on a cruise vacation, you might wonder what it would be like to live on the high seas. It's entirely possible and may even be more affordable than living and working on land....

  9. Geordie Shore series 9 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geordie_Shore_series_9

    The ninth series of Geordie Shore, a British television programme based in Newcastle upon Tyne, was confirmed on 12 July 2014, [1] and began on 28 October 2014. It was also announced that the cast would travel to Paris and Somerset. [2]