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You need all the senses. (eg. sight,smell), a boat, a sail, some water to sail in would be good, a tiller, a rudder, and some wind would be useful too.
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What is used in sailing?
a boat a sail and the wind
Do you have to have a keel on a sailing boat if your not using a sail?
Yes, for steerage.
How does air pressure move boats?
When a sailing boat is sailing into the wind the shape of the sail acts like a plane's wing and differential pressure across the sail propels the boat forward.
How does air pressure move air?
When a sailing boat is sailing into the wind the shape of the sail acts like a plane's wing and differential pressure across the sail propels the boat forward.
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.
Does a sail make the boat move slower or faster?
Actually, it does both depending on how you use them. The sails can move so a person sailing a boat can catch the wind by how they move the sail or they can also stop the boat by the movement of a sail or lowering the sail.
Who made the first sail boat?
Sailing has been around since prehistoric times, therefore the name of the person who made the first sail boat is not recorded.
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.
What is a jib?
It is a type of sailing boat sail of triangular shape that is rigged in front of the mainsail.
How many people can sail in a Olympic sailing boat?
possibly 2-4 people at a time in a boat,maby more.
The boom of a boat?
The boom is the horizontal pole attached to the bottom of a sailing boat's mast to which the lower edge of the sail is attached.
What is another name for a little sail?
It depends on the type of vessel and how it is rigged. The smaller sail on a standard sailing boat is the jib or genoa
