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    Sail rigs A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including...
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  • Black Sails may refer to: Black Sails, a subsidiary 745 m summit of Wetherlam, a 763 m summit in the Coniston Fells of the Lake District Black Sails (TV...
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    gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger, and pusher sail. On a schooner of four or...
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    square sail, canted rectangular sail, rectangular balance lug, or balance lug sail in English.: 102–103 : 608  In historical sources, a tanja sail is sometimes...
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    Solar sails (also known as lightsails, light sails, and photon sails) are a method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight...
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  • Sail Away may refer to: Sail Away (musical), a 1961 musical by Noël Coward, or the title song Sail Away (Great White album) or the title song, 1994 Sail...
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  • The settee sail was a lateen sail with the front corner cut off, giving it a quadrilateral shape. The settee sail requires a shorter yard than does the...
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    In naval parlance, the sail (American usage) or fin (British/Commonwealth usage) (also known as a fairwater) of a submarine is the tower-like structure...
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    An electric sail (also known as an electric solar wind sail or an E-sail) is a proposed form of spacecraft propulsion using the dynamic pressure of the...
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  • Sail On may refer to: Sail On (Imperials album) or the title song, 1977 Sail On (Muddy Waters album), 1969; originally The Best of Muddy Waters, 1958 Sail...
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