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Parent topics
- Navigation [r]: Techniques for determining one's own position, a feasible course to be taken to a desired new position, and journeying on that course [e]
- Seamanship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Wind [r]: The movement of air produced by a change in heat on the earth's surface. [e]
Subtopics
Techniques
Sport
- Olympic sailing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Australia II [r]: A 12-metre class yacht, and the first successful challenger for the America's Cup after 132 years, at the New York Yacht Club in 1983. [e]
Age of sail
- Warship (sail) [r]: Warships dependent on wind, manipulated by sails, for propulsion [e]
- Ship of the line [r]: A major sailing warship, intended to fight in fleet actions (i.e., in line of battle) [e]
- Frigate (sail) [r]: A fast, moderately heavily gunned sailing warship, with enough firepower to overcome slower vessels and enough speed to outrun more powerful ships; used on independent operations and scouting; cf. cruiser [e]
- Sloop-of-war [r]: A light sailing warship, armed with 16-20 guns, typically used for patrols and scouting where contact with larger warships was not expected; commanding officer usually a commander (naval) but sometimes a junior captain; WWII sloops were ocean escorts [e]
- HMS Victory [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Constitution [r]: Add brief definition or description
