Sailing apparatus
1Chaplin's Patent Distilling Apparatus with Steam Pump — Chaplins patent sea water distilling apparatus. Alexander Chaplin Co. (also known as A.C. and Co., Alex. Chaplin Co.) was an important and highly regarded[1] engineering and manufacturing syndicat …
2Rigging — For other uses, see Rigging (disambiguation). The rigging of a square rigger in London. Rigging (from Anglo Saxon wrigan or wringing, to clothe ) is the apparatus through which the force of the wind is used to propel sailboats and sailing ships… …
3Catamaran — A catamaran (From Tamil kattumaram ) [cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=catamaran|title=catamaran |accessdate=2008 09 04 |format= |work=Online Etymology Dictionary ] is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two… …
4Rigging (disambiguation) — Rigging may refer to: In nautical uses: *Rigging, the mechanical sailing apparatus attached to a sailing ship. *Standing rigging, fixed in position while the boat is under sail to support mast and spars *Running rigging, changed often while under …
5tackling — n. 1. Tackle, implements, equipment. 2. Sailing apparatus, sails and cordage, rigging. 3. Harness …
6International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …
7Brazil at the 2004 Summer Olympics — Infobox Olympics Brazil games = 2004 Summer competitors = 247 (125 men, 122 women) sports = flagbearer = Torben Grael gold = 5 silver = 2 bronze = 3 total = 10 rank = 16Brazil competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Brazilian… …
8China at the 2008 Summer Olympics — China at the Olympic Games Flag of the P …
9technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
10Chile at the 2011 Pan American Games — Chile at the Pan American Games Flag of Chile …
