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What is the name of the fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing vessel?
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Name of fast moving Portuguese sailing vessel?
caravel is the name of this vessel
How do you call a sailor of a light fast-sailing vessel?
sailer of a light fast vessel
What do you call a sailor of a light fast sailing vessel?
A sailor.
What another word for a sailing vessel that's light and fast?
A catamaran.
What is a sailing vessel with a sleek hull and tail sails that could sail as fast as most sails that could sail as fast as most steamships in the 1840s?
You might be thinking about the sailing vessel known as a "clipper", a very fast sailing ship of the 19th century that had three or more masts and a square rig.
What is a sailing vessel with a sleek hull and tall sails that could sail as fast as most steamships in the 1840s?
American cargo vessels at the time, known as "Yankee Cllippers", were quite fast.
What does it mean for a sailboat to be in irons?
A sailing vessel cannot sail directly upwind for very long. Usually, the sails are either full against the wind pulling the sailing vessel along down wind, or at an angle to the wind to "slice" along across the wind called a "tack". However, when the sailing vessel needs to change tack (first going left to right across the wind, then turning to go right to left across the wind), it can be accomplished by turning down wind, crossing the path of the wind as it comes across the stern of the sailing vessel, then "slicing" along on the opposite "tack". This process is called a "gybe". There is another way to change tack, that is to turn the sailing vessel into the wind, sailing upwind for a very short time, continuing the turn so as to sail on the opposite "tack". The process is, itself, called a "tack". Unfortunately during a "tack" when the sailing vessel spends that short time turning across "upwind", if the vessel comes to a stop because there isn't enough speed to completely turn across the wind, the vessel no longer has water passing the rudder enough to allow that rudder to continue steering. The sailing vessel will be slowly blown backwards a bit until it turns the sails to catch the wind properly to get the vessel going fast enough (usually down wind) for the rudder to steer again. When the vessel is stopped or going backwards a bit, this is when the sailing vessel is "in irons". Basically, In irons is when the bow of a sailing vessel is headed into the wind and the boat has stalled and is unable to maneuver.
what term refers to a fast graceful sailing vessel of American design that cut travel time between the East Coast and California?
A clipper ship.
What is a sailing vessel with a sleek hull and tall sails that could sail as fast as most steamships in the 1840's?
American cargo vessels at the time, known as "Yankee Cllippers", were quite fast.
Sentence with the word caravel?
A caravel was a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship.The caravel came into sight on the horizon.They set sail aboard the caravel for the New World.
What is a fast sailing ship called?
A Clipper was the fastest of all sailing ships.For a sailing ships to be faster draught of that ship must be low.Other fast-sailing ships are:CarrackCaravelSloopSchoonerBrigBrigandineBarque
Is a caravel a fast moving automobile?
It is not a automobile it is a small, highly maneuverable sailing ship developed in the 15th century by the Portuguese to explore along the West African Coast line
