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They co-sponsored ASA's Docking Made Easy video series and other projects through the years. Beneteau Yachts joined forces in 2010 with ASA in creating a small keelboat specifically designed for teaching. The ASA 22 is the product of Beneteau design and engineering combined with American Sailing's deep knowledge of efficient and safe teaching.
The C&C 101 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 8,100 lb (3,674 kg) and carries 3,351 lb (1,520 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [3] The boat has a draft of 6.50 ft (1.98 m) with the standard keel fitted. [1] [3]
US Sailing is responsible for selection and training of the US Sailing Team representing the United States in the Olympic Games. Sailors who eventually compete in the Olympics are coming from a well developed racing community in the U.S. Sailboat racing can be found in colleges and universities, [4] [5] yacht clubs, sailing clubs and sailing ...
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Four sets of swept and fixed spreaders on a large yacht. A spreader is a spar on a sailing boat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast. [1] The spreader or spreaders serve much the same purpose as the crosstrees and tops in a traditional sailing vessel.
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We didn't test him, but he did say it was quite a final ending to series two,” she said. “So at least he watched the last three minutes of the last episode! He said he loved it. He talked ...
Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing craft (sailing vessel, ice boat, or land yacht), whose next destination is into the wind, turns its bow toward and through the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side of the boat to the other, allowing progress in the desired direction. [1]