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The advent of steam-powered engines signalled the end of the great Clipper Ships' era.
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by using boats to go up and down rivers
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Can you insert a CD to a turntable?
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Who invent the sails?
The use of sails goes back several thousand years. The Greeks used boats with sails, the Romans, the Egyptians, and other ancient cultures. They traded using small boats by following the coastlines to coastal cities.
Why could the egyptians move goods north along the Nile?
Boats and barges float, the Nile flows north, sails can move boats using the wind.
How do people of Mesopotamia transport?
By using caravans pulled by camels, if using rivers they used long ships or small boats made out of reeds with sheep skin sails.
What transport did explorers use?
Explorers all over used boats and canoes, the boats consisted of sails. The European explorers got the idea of using canoes from the Indians. They also flapped their arms and flew faster than a butterfly.
What is the use of boat docks?
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Do Olympics sailing contestants take their own boats to the competition?
You'll see that, although the hulls are all painted the same, the deck colours and sails are not. Certainly in the Finn class Ben Ainslie is using the same boat as he used in previous Olympics.
Class of boats has Priority When using river locks?
Commercial boats
Which class of boats are priority when using river locks?
Commercial boats
How do boat sails work?
Very simply, by using the wind as a form of propulsion by the use of sails. Either the wind 'pushes' the vessel or it 'pulls' it through the water.
How do you measure a sail?
It depends. You can measure sails using a simple measuring tape.
Did caravel ships have a steering wheel or were they only using to sails to turn and if they did was it on the poopdeck or was it inside in a room somewhere?
No the Caravel had a lateen and a square sail and was steered by rudders. The lateen sail aloud it to sail against the wind
What are sails for on a boat?
I used to sail. The sails propel the boat using wind. Some people like to sail better than using a motor it just makes you feel... I gues you could say clean, swift, or graceful
