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  • 11drop keel — noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward • Syn: ↑centerboard, ↑centreboard, ↑sliding keel • Hypernyms: ↑fin keel • Hyponyms: ↑daggerboard …

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  • 12Rhodes 19 — The Rhodes 19 is a 19 foot (6 m) long sailboat, designed by Philip Rhodes and originally manufactured by O Day. Currently, the Rhodes 19 is built by Stuart Marine Corp. To date, approximately 3500 of the boats have been built… …

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  • 13O'Day Mariner — A fleet of O Day Mariners at the Surf City Yacht Club, NJ, waiting for a chance to race. The Mariner is a 19 foot (5.8 m) long sailboat based upon the hull of the Rhodes 19, and named after the Olympic gold medalist sailor, George O Day.… …

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  • 14Sailboat — A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails. The term covers a variety of boats, larger than small vessels such as sailboards and smaller than sailing ships, but distinctions in size are not strictly defined and… …

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  • 15Bruce foil — A Bruce foil is a variant of the leeboard, consisting of a foil typically mounted on an outrigger and always set at an angle to provide both lateral and downwards force. It was invented by Edmond Bruce in the early 1960s, and first published in… …

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  • 16Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …

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  • 17Lightning (dinghy) — For alternate meanings, see Lightning (disambiguation). The Lightning is a sloop rigged sailing dinghy originally designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman Stephens in 1938 and was first sailed on Skaneateles Lake, Skaneateles, NY, USA. More than… …

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  • 18MacGregor Yacht Corporation — The MacGregor Yacht Corporation is a manufacturer of sailing yachts, located in southern California.HistoryMacGregor Yacht Co. was founded by Roger MacGregor as part of a Stanford University MBA class project in the early 1960s. The company has… …

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  • 19centreboard — n. same as {centerboard}. Syn: centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 20Sloop — Sloop, n.[D. sloep, of uncertain origin. Cf. {Shallop}.] 1. (Naut.) A vessel having one mast and fore and aft rig, consisting of a boom and gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and… …

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