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turning an invisible force into freedom, using only cloth, rope, and audacity
means The act of traveling across water in a boat propelled by the wind in its sails, or, more loosely, the skill and sport of doing so.
from From Old English 'segl,' the noun for a sail — that broad sheet of cloth hung to catch the wind — which gave the verb 'seglian,' to travel by sail. It belongs to a wide Germanic family (Old Norse 'segl,' German 'Segel'), all naming the same wind-hungry canvas. The word predates engines by centuries, so to 'sail' once meant, quite simply, the only way a ship moved at all.
- upwind trick
- sailboats can travel faster than the wind itself
- physics
- sails work like vertical airplane wings
- ancient roots
- Egyptians sailed the Nile over 5,000 years ago
- tacking
- reaching upwind requires zigzagging, never straight lines
- speed record
- fastest sailboats exceed 65 knots on water
america's cup — oldest international sporting trophy, first held in 1851 between great britain and united states
volvo ocean race — circumnavigation race founded in 1973, now called the ocean race, held every 3 years
fastnet race — 600 nautical mile race off the southwest coast of ireland, held biennially since 1925