sailing vessel

sailing vessel

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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

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