enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Junk rig - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_rig

   The Keying was a Chinese ship that employed a junk sailing rig. Scale model of a Tagalog outrigger ship with junk sails from Manila, 19th century. The junk rig, also known as the Chinese lugsail, Chinese balanced lug sail, or sampan rig, is a type of sail rig in which rigid members, called battens, span the full width of the sail and extend the sail forward of the mast.

3. Lorcha (boat) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorcha_(boat)

   The lorcha is a type of sailing vessel having a junk rig with a Cantonese or other Chinese-style batten sails on a Portuguese or other European-style hull. The hull structure made the lorcha faster and able to carry more cargo than the normal junk. The advantage of the junk rig was in its ease of handling and resulting reduced crewing ...

4. Lug sail - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lug_sail

   Lug sails are divided into three types: standing lug, balance lug (or balanced lug) and dipping lug. [1] Dipping lug: This is a boom-less sail whose yard is lowered or "dipped" when tacking to bring the sail around to the leeward side of the mast. In some cases this can be done by partially lowering the yard - there are a number of variations ...

5. Junk (ship) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junk_(ship)

   The Chinese vessels are of three kinds; large ships called chunks (junks), middle sized ones called zaws and the small ones kakams. The large ships have anything from twelve down to three sails, which are made of bamboo rods plaited into mats. They are never lowered, but turned according to the direction of the wind; at anchor they are left ...

6. Lugger - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lugger

   Sailing performance with a standing lug relies on the right amount of luff tension. An essential component of this rig is the tack tackle, a purchase with which luff tension is adjusted for various points of sail. [4]: 34 The balanced (or balance) lug has a boom that projects in front of the mast roughly the same distance as the yard.

7. Rig (sailing) - Wikipedia

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

   A sailing vessel's rig is its arrangement of masts, sails and rigging. [1] Examples include a schooner rig, cutter rig, junk rig, etc. [2] A rig may be broadly categorized as "fore-and-aft", "square", or a combination of both. Within the fore-and-aft category there is a variety of triangular and quadrilateral sail shapes.

8. Participation in mental health care in low-income households ...

   www.aol.com/lifestyle/participation-mental...

   Wealth inequality casts its shadow on everything from children's early development to adults' emotional well-being. It directly impacts education, housing, wellness and mental health.In fact ...

9. Lashed-lug boat - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashed-lug_boat

   The lashed-lug technique remains remarkably homogeneous throughout the entirety of the Austronesian range. The keel and the base of the hull is a simple dugout canoe.Planks are then added gradually to the keel, either by sewing fiber ropes through drilled holes or through the use of internal dowels ("treenails") on the plank edges.