Oliver Widger, known online as "Sailing with Phoenix," has a new plan to sail around the world, and is giving away his sailing vessel, "Phoenix." Widger is an Oregon man who gained a large social ...
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Statesman Journal: Where is 'Sailing with Phoenix' going next? Oliver Widger plans to sail the world
Where is 'Sailing with Phoenix' going next? Oliver Widger plans to sail the world
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These include booms and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole. The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.
I know that these are the dimensions of my sail plan but what do they actually measure? And other than when I am ordering a new sail, when will I use this info? Are these numbers that I should be memorizing? (More likely, saving in my phone).
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So a friend sent me a link to this page 50 Words That Sound Rude But Actually Aren't and at number eighteen we find: 18. FUKSHEET Fuk was an old Middle English word for a sail, and in particular the foremost sail on a ship. A fukmast, ultimately, is a ship's foremast, while the fuksheet or...