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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).
The guys head out to Scotland to see which is the best stylish coupés, discussing them over a game of golf and then presenting them to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art to see which would be exhibited there – Clarkson feels it is the revised Audi TT, Hammond believes it is the old Mazda RX-8, and May hopes it is the new Alfa Romeo Brera.
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 ...
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 ...
TV Guide noted the cameo by James Worthy as the very tall alien Koral, pointing out that at the time of his guest-star role, he was still playing professional basketball. [8] In 2020, CNET noted "Gambit" for featuring a focus on Captain Picard, but in a new situation where he does not have his normal ship and crew. [9]
Us Weekly asked Joshua Jackson, Phillipa Soo and other stars of the series about their cruise ship bona fides during the red carpet premiere of Doctor Odyssey in Los Angeles on September 18. While ...
Thirteen compilations of the season has been released so far as of July 7, 2010 [1] The first DVD release for the season was released on October 7, 2009. [2] Beginning with episode 380, the Japanese analog broadcasts are presented in a letterbox format in 16:9. The season uses two pieces of theme music. The first opening theme, titled "Jungle P ...