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the only vehicle that turns an invisible enemy into forward motion
means A boat propelled by the wind acting on one or more sails, rather than by an engine or oars.
from A plain English compound of "sail" plus "boat." "Sail" descends from Old English "segl," a word shared across the Germanic seafaring tongues (compare Dutch "zeil" and German "Segel"), and "boat" from Old English "bāt." The two have been lashed together since speakers needed to distinguish a wind-driven hull from one driven by other means — a distinction that only really mattered once steam and engines gave boats a rival to the breeze.
- upwind trick
- sails like a wing, not a parachute
- oldest tech
- powered humans before the wheel reached water
- faster than wind
- some hulls outrun the breeze pushing them
- silent engine
- crosses oceans burning zero fuel
- keel ballast
- tons of lead keep it from flipping
america's cup — oldest international sporting trophy, first won by the yacht america in 1851
volvo ocean race — 9-month round-the-world sailing race, now called the ocean race, started 1973
bermuda race — 635-mile offshore race from newport to bermuda, first held in 1906