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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 .
RS3: Racing Simulation 3 is an racing video game developed by Ubi Soft Paris and published by Ubi Soft. It is a sequel to Monaco Grand Prix: Racing Simulation 2. It was released for Microsoft Windows in December 2002. A PlayStation 2 port was released in October of the next year, albeit exclusively in Europe.
James Frederick is a solo sailor and sailing vlogger best known for sailing his 1965 Alberg 30 Triteia as part of his YouTube channel Sailing Triteia. [2] [3] [4] Frederick was raised in New Mexico and dropped out of school at the age of 16. [2]
Quick turn. For Sailing ships, the quick turn is the traditional response to a man overboard emergency on a sailboat.Despite other approaches, it is still a robust strategy and can be the best method, depending on the situation.
As of July 2023, the channel had over 1.85 million subscribers and is the most popular sailing YouTube channel. [3] [4] In November 2019, they received significant media attention for sailing Greta Thunberg onboard La Vagabonde from Virginia to Lisbon for the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid. [5] [6] [7]
Ship motion test – Scale model a hydrodynamic test to predict full size behaviour; Six degrees of freedom – Types of movement possible for a rigid body in three-dimensional space; Flight dynamics – Study of the performance, stability, and control of flying vehicles
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.
RS3 (sail), a windsurfing sail ALCO RS-3 , diesel locomotive built by American Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works Aprilia RS Cube , also known as the RS 3 , a 2002–2004 Italian MotoGP race bike