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Depends which way the wind was blowing! With the wind behind you, no problem. With the wind against you, 4 possibilities: 1) Tack; most vessels, especially if fore-and-aft rigged, which river boats usually were, can sail at a wide angle into the wind; in a wide river, one can thus go from side to side, put about and go back towards the other side, constantly gaining headway. 2) Club-hauling. Sail across the wind, getting up speed; at the end of the run, drop all sails, turn upwind, and coast for as long as possible. Then up sails and do it all again. 3) If the worst comes to the worst, kedging. Put a small anchor in a boat, send the boat upstream to the length of your cable, drop the anchor, haul in on the cable until you reach the anchor. Meanwhile, the boat has gone ahead with another anchor, and the process can be repeated. 4) If the river is not very wide, tow with horses or oxen (or, in many cases, the wife) from the bank. On particularly fast-flowing rivers, like the Dordogne in France, you simply didn't sail upstream. You built a raftlike boat at the headwaters, loaded it with trade goods, floated down the river, and at the mout sold the trade gooda AND the timber from which the boat was made. Then you got on the horse you'd taken with you and went home.
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Why were viking ships called long boats?
Karfi were, quiet literally long boats. they were the chief viking raiding vessel, and allowed them to sail quickly and up rivers
What does set the yards and make sail mean in regards to sailing?
"Set the yards" means arrange the sails in preparation for leaving the docks/shore/what have you: "make sail" means to actually go out into the ocean/lake. With regards to older sailing vessels (tall ships, square riggers), "man the yards" meant to send men up the mast and out along the yardarm of a square-rigger in preparation to making sail. "Making sail" meant either unfurling the sail from the yardarm, or un-reefing existing sail so as to add more sail.
How does a boat sail into the wind?
A boat can sail into the wind by sailing backwards and forwards (tacking) at an angle to the wind and so making her way up.
Was the Nina the best of the three ships at sailing at up wind?
no the santa maria was
Why did ships sail up and down the nile river?
For transportation and for trade route purposes.
Why couldn't people sail straight up from south on the Nile River?
the river runs south to north, so you would be sailing against the current if you attempted to sail straight up form the south.
Why did you chose to study marine engineering?
Marine Engineering is an amazing field. It not only has practical applications should you loose your license to sail or are unable to for some reason, but there is a great job security. As long as ships are sailing, and deckies are screwing up, engineers will always be needed.
How Does a Boat Sail Upwind?
A sailing boat can not sail directly upwind, sail at about 45 degrees to the wind and tack (turn the boat through the wind) to the other side of the wind and continue in this zig-zag manner up wind.
How did people first start using wind energy?
it started with the sailing ships back in Egypt, and then windmills up to Europe
What are halyards?
Halyards are used on a sailing vessel to haul up sails. One end is connected to the top of the sail (the head) and it is led up to the top of the mast, through a block (pulley) and back down. Pulling down on the halyard pulls the sail up. With larger sails a winch is used to assist. When the sail is up all the way, the halyard is 'made fast' or 'cleated.'
What 2 things were vikings ships built for?
to go up rivers and creeks to attack unsuspecting people
Why were longboats good for sailing in shallow water?
The Viking longboat had a very shallow-draft hull. This meant they could raid far up rivers.
