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No sailing ship can sail directly into the wind. However by rigging the sails correctly the vessel can be made to sail more closely to the wind.

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What is a device the helps ships sail into the wind?

Lateen rig


What is a device that helps ships sail into the wind?

Lateen rig


Which is a device that helps ships sail into the wind?

The extended keel or centerboard, the rudder, and the fore-and-aft rigging of sails all help a boat sail closer to the wind.


What invention allowed ships to sail into the wind?

Wut made ships sail in the wind was that using a persicet sail or flag will pick up the wind and will push the air out and sail..just like u swinging on a swing 


True or false the Chinese developed a way to move the sails of ships that allowed ships to sail into the wind for the first time?

It is not possible to sail directly INTO the wind. Forty-five degrees is about as close as can be gained. Actually they did get the ships to sail into the wind. The above answer is wrong.


How did ships in the olden days move?

Olden day ships move by the wind, the wind pushes the sail and it goes to the direction the wind is going.


What kind of triangular sail was invented in 500 a.d. that allowed ships to sail more into the wind?

a Lateen Sail


Did the invention of triangular lateen sails make it possible for ships to sail more easily into the wind?

Allegedly, the lateen sail design made it possible to sail closer into the wind. That is, less than 45 degrees from the direction the wind is blowing. No sail boat can sail directly into the wind. Yet.


Portuguese ships were able to sail against the wind?

Not directly but closer to the wind than previous vessels.


How do sailing ships sail without wind?

They pretty much don't. If a sail-only ship is becalmed, or caught without wind, she is at the mercy of the currents until the wind picks up again.


Did the Chinese develop a way to move the sails of ships that allowed ships to sail into wind for the first time?

No I believe the Egyptians 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What is the triangular sail enabled ships to sail into the wind?

is called a stern rudder i looked every word up on my paper and found it