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  2. American Sailing Association - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Boom vang - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic piston vangs are used on larger sailboats and controlled by manual or electric hydraulic pumps. [2] By controlling leech tension, the boom vang is one way of controlling sail twist. [3] The boom vang may also be used to flatten the mainsail on dinghies. [4] On small sailboats and some cruising sailboats a vang may be omitted.

  4. Heaving to - Wikipedia

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    In sailing, heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) is a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions so that the vessel does not have to be steered. [1] It is commonly used for a "break"; this may be to wait for the tide before proceeding, or to wait out a strong or contrary wind.

  5. US Sailing - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Wing and wing - Wikipedia

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    Goosewinged sailing. Wing and wing, [1] Wing on wing, [2] Goosewinging [3] or Goosewinged, [4] is a term used to define, in a fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat, the way to navigate sailing directly downwind, with the mainsail and the foresail extended outwards on opposite sides of the boat, forming a 180º angle, to maximize the projected area of sail exposed to the wind.

  7. United States Coast Pilot - Wikipedia

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    Various charts and pilot books for North American waters were published in England beginning in 1671, but the first book of sailing directions, charts, and other information for mariners in North American waters published in North America was the American Coast Pilot, first produced by Edmund M. Blunt in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1796.

  8. Sailing Directions - Wikipedia

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    The oldest sailing directions, dating back to the middle ages, descended directly from the Greek and Roman periplii: in classical times, in the absence of real nautical charts, navigation was carried out using books that described the coast, not necessarily intended for navigation, but more often consisting of reports of previous voyages, or celebrations of the deeds of leaders or rulers.

  9. Snark sailboat - Wikipedia

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    Early Sea Snarks featured an unclad one-piece injection-molded EPS hull and the hull weighed approximately 30 lbs. Later versions, marketed s the Sunflower, Super Snark and Super Sea Snark featured a vacuum formed layer of ABS (later ASA) [7] bonded over the EPS hull for a hull weight of 43 lbs. Snark Products patented the cladding process, which eliminated the possibility of voids within the ...