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21Crab claw sail — Micronesian proa with crab claw sail The crab claw sail or, as it is sometimes known, Oceanic lateen or Oceanic sprit, is a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail is used in many traditional Pacific Ocean… …
22Oman Sail — is an exciting new initiative whose aim is to rekindle Oman s long and glorious maritime heritage. The structure, which was formed in 2008, operates with the support and guidance of the Ministry of Tourism and is achieving the aims of its charter …
23lateen sail — n. [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See {Latin}.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth of its length from the lower… …
24Fission sail — The fission sail is a type of spacecraft propulsion proposed by Robert Forward that uses fission fragments to propel a large solar sail like craft. It is similar in concept to the fission fragment rocket in that the fission by products are… …
25List of Russian sail frigates — This is a list of Russian sail frigates of the period 1694–1852: The format is: Name, number of guns (rank/real amount), launch year (A = built in Arkhangelsk), fate (service = combat service, BU = broken up)ail frigates of warEarly Russian… …
26Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons — (CPS) is a nationwide Canadian organization of recreational boating enthusiasts which offers boating safety courses. Its two most popular courses are BoatPro (also offered under the title Boating Handbook), which entails three or four hours of… …
27Shade sail — A shade sail is a device to create outdoor shade based on the same technology as a ships sail. Shade sails use a flexible membrane tensioned between three or more anchor points. HistoryAncient Egyptians and later the Greeks and Romans used large… …
28The Sail @ Marina Bay — Infobox Skyscraper |building name = The Sail @ Marina Bay location = Marina Boulevard, Downtown Core, Singapore type = High rise use = Residential roof = 245 m, 804 ft (Tower 1); 215 m, 705 ft (South Tower) floor count = 70 (Marina Bay Tower); 63 …
29Naval artillery in the Age of Sail — The cannon shot (c. 1680), painted by Willem van de Velde the Younger Naval artillery in the Age of Sail encompasses the period of roughly 1571 1863: when large, sail powered wooden naval warships dominated the high seas, mounting a bewildering… …
30Electric solar wind sail — The electric solar wind sail [http://www.electric sailing.com/] is a type of solar sail invented by Pekka Janhunen from FMI. It has little in common with the solar sail design externally, because the sails are substituted with straigthened… …
