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The boat displaces 170 lb (77 kg) and can be equipped with a spinnaker and trapeze. [1] [3] The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft (1.22 m) with the centreboard extended. With it retracted the boat can be beached or transported on a trailer or car roof rack. [1] The design has adopted changes over time. In 1966 construction of fibreglass was permitted.
The Parasailor and Parasail are patented and trademarked variants of a spinnaker sail for yachts. They were designed for cruising couples and short-handed crews and are considered to be easy to handle and well tempered. [1] These sails make it possible to use one sail as spinnaker and Gennaker. These sails can be used between 70 and 180 degrees ...
The head of the spinnaker is attached to the top of the sock and the ring runs down to the tack. The resulting bundle is stuffed into the spinnaker bag. The top of the sock will have provisions for attaching to the spinnaker halyard. [16] The spinnaker is raised as normal, but with the sock in place, the spinnaker is unable to catch the wind.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Crayola is making colorful history! For the first time in the company’s more than 120-year history, the brand is bringing back eight previously retired colors. Dandelion, Blizzard Blue, Magic ...
Snooper Troops was developed by Computer Learning Connection (later renamed Spinnaker Software), at that point a two-year-old company. [5] The company was based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Around this time, Computer Learning Connection created the edutainment classics Snooper Troops and Agent USA , [ 6 ] The Search Series and The Other Side ...
Guy (red arrow), controlling the spinnaker pole. A guy (probably from Dutch gei, "brail") is a line attached to and intended to control the end of a spar on a sailboat. [1] On a modern sloop-rigged sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker, the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys.
An asymmetrical spinnaker is a sail used when sailing between about 90 and 165 degrees from the angle of the wind. Also known as an "asym", [1] "aspin", [2] ...