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  • 61Dorinish — (Irish: Deoirinis) is an uninhabited island in Clew Bay in County Mayo, Ireland. It has colloquially been known as Beatle Island after Beatle John Lennon purchased the island in 1967 for £1,700. Previously used by sailing ships for its stones,… …

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  • 62clewline — clew line n. Nautical A rope used to raise the clew of a sail up to the yard or mast. * * * …

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  • 63Parts of a sail — In sailing the parts of a sail have common terminology for each corner and edge of the sail. Contents 1 Triangular Sails 1.1 The corners 1.2 The edges 1.3 The roach …

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  • 64Windsurfing — A windsurfer tilts the rig and carves the board to perform a planing jibe (downwind turn) close to shore at Maui, Hawaii …

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  • 65Spinnaker — For other uses, see Spinnaker (disambiguation). Bear of Britain, a Farr 52 with masthead spinnaker in front of Calshot Spit A spinnaker is a special type of sail that is designed specifically for sailing off the wind from a reaching course to a… …

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  • 66Olympic-Wallowa Lineament — Location of the Olympic Wallowa Lineament. Is the OWL an optical illusion? The Olympic Wallowa lineament (OWL) – first reported by cartographer Erwin Raisz in 1945 [1] on a relief map of the continental United States – is a physiographic feature… …

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  • 67clue — [[t]klu[/t]] n. v. clued, clu•ing 1) anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc 2) naut. navig. clew 2), clew 3), clew 4) 3) to direct by a clue 4) clew 5) 5) cvb phv clue in to provide with necessary… …

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  • 68Westport, County Mayo — Infobox Irish Place name = Westport gaeilge = Cathair na Mairt crest motto = map pin coords = left: 59px; top: 74px north coord = 53.8 | west coord = 9.5333 | irish grid = M004841 area = elevation = 80 m province = Connacht county = County Mayo… …

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  • 69Running rigging — is the term for the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering and controlling the sails as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and other spars.Traditionally the running rigging was easily recognized since …

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  • 70Claverton Pumping Station — with the pump house on the left, the wheelhouse to the right and the millpond in the foreground …

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