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2. Sailboat - Wikipedia

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   Sailboat. A typical monohull sloop with Bermuda rig. Sailboat on Lake Constance, Germany. A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.

3. Sailing - Wikipedia

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   Sailing. Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails 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 . From prehistory until the second half of the ...

4. International 210 - Wikipedia

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   The International 210 is an American sailboat that was designed by Fenwick Williams under the supervision of C. Raymond Hunt as a one design racer and first built in 1946. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5. Sailing ship - Wikipedia

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   A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing square-rigged or fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged" when there are ...

6. Sunfish (sailboat) - Wikipedia

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   Sunfish (sailboat) The Sunfish is a personal-size, beach-launched sailing dinghy. It features a very flat, boardlike hull carrying an Oceanic lateen sail mounted to an un- stayed mast . Sunfish was developed by Alcort, Inc. and first appeared around 1952 as the "next generation" improvement on their original boat, the Sailfish.

7. Laser (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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   Laser (dinghy) The Laser is a class of single-handed, one-design sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength and crew weight. Ian Bruce and Bruce Kirby designed the Laser in 1970 with an emphasis on simplicity and performance.