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Sailing vessel — can refer to:*Sailing ship *Sailboat *Ice boat *Land yacht … Wikipedia
sailing vessel — noun a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts • Syn: ↑sailing ship • Members of this Topic: ↑weatherly, ↑weatherliness • Hypernyms: ↑vessel, ↑watercraft … Useful english dictionary
sailing vessel — Synonyms and related words: bark, bawley, bilander, brig, brigantine, bully, buss, caravel, cat, catamaran, clipper, corsair, corvette, cutter, dandy, dhow, dromond, fishing smack, flattie, four masted bark, four master, frigate, galiot, galleass … Moby Thesaurus
sailing vessel — ship that travels by means of sails that catch wind … English contemporary dictionary
sailing vessel — Moku pe a … English-Hawaiian dictionary
Sailing — is the art of controlling a sailing vessel. By changing the rigging, rudder and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat. Mastery of the skill requires… … Wikipedia
Spray (sailing vessel) — The S.V. Spray was the vessel rebuilt by Joshua Slocum and used in his successful attempt to circumnavigate the world single handedly, the first voyage of its kind. The Spray was a convert|36|ft|9|in|m|sing=on sloop rigged fishing boat refitted… … Wikipedia
Sailing ship — is now used to refer to any large wind powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a specific rig of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant. In popular usage ship became … Wikipedia
Reaper (sailing vessel) — Reaper is a restored historic Fifie herring drifter which is registered by the National Historic Ships Committee as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the UK, and currently operates as a museum ship.HistoryBuilt by J. G. Forbes of … Wikipedia
sailing ship — noun a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts • Syn: ↑sailing vessel • Members of this Topic: ↑weatherly, ↑weatherliness • Hypernyms: ↑vessel, ↑watercraft … Useful english dictionary