Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wing sails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

era dominated by sailing vessels out at sea

thumb|Dinghy of the schooner Adventuress thumb|Safety dinghy, yacht tender

natural atmospheric phenomenon

uniform originally worn by enlisted seamen in a navy or other governmental sea services

The etesians ( or ; ; sometimes found in the Latin form etesiae), meltemia (; pl. of meltemi), or meltem (Turkish) are the strong, dry north winds of the Aegean Sea, which blow periodically from about mid-May to mid-September. The Etesian winds are a dominant weather influence in the Aegean Basin.

used in sailboats to provide moment to resist the lateral forces on the sail

wind-powered ground transportation

direction of travel under sail relative to true wind direction over surface

wind experienced by a moving object

Shanghaiing or crimping is the practice of kidnapping people to serve as sailors by coercive techniques such as trickery, intimidation, or violence. Those engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.

exclamation given aboard a vessel to indicate that someone has fallen off of the ship

captain of a sailing ship which has sailed around Cape Horn

sailing maneuver

lifestyle that involves living for extended time on a boat while traveling from place to place for pleasure

sailing by fitting a sail to a canoe

Overview of marine occupations

miniature boat or watercraft operated remotely via radio control

abrupt, involuntary change in course

sail with the wind aft, the jib out on one side, and the mainsail out on the other

organization

SolidSail, sometimes referred to as Solid Sail or SolidSail Mast Factory (SMAF) in reference to the eponymous subsidiary, is a wind propulsion technology designed for large vessels, developed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. This innovative system is based on rigid sails made of composite materials and a tilting gaff rigging, enabling hybrid or primary wind propulsion for commercial and cruise ships. It is also the name of the subsidiary created by Chantiers de l'Atlantique in 2023.

thumb|2008 deck layout of Fazisi Fazisi is an aluminium-hulled racing sloop, launched in 1989. She was built in Poti, Georgia, then part of the Soviet Union, for the specific purpose of entering the 1989–1990 Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-Soviet crew; she came eleventh out of 23 entrants, despite expectations that she would not be ready to take part. She was the first and last global racing yacht to represent the Soviet Union.