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  • 51HMS Vanguard (1787) — HMS Vanguard was a 74 gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 March 1787 at Deptford. She was the fifth vessel to bear the name.In December 1797, Captain Edward Berry was appointed flag captain, flying Rear Admiral Sir… …

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  • 52Scow — A scow, in the original sense, is a flat bottomed boat with a blunt bow, often used to haul garbage or similar bulk freight; cf. barge. The etymology of the word is from Dutch schouwe , meaning such a boat.ailing ScowsSailing scows have… …

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  • 53The Little Mermaid (1989 film) — The Little Mermaid (Disney) redirects here. For the franchise, see The Little Mermaid (franchise). The Little Mermaid …

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  • 54Shroud (sailing) — Shrouds as they might have looked on a 16th century tall ship. On a sailboat, the shrouds are pieces of standing rigging which hold the mast up from side to side. There is frequently more than one shroud on each side of the boat. Usually a shroud …

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  • 55Standing rigging — On a sailing boat, standing rigging generally refers to lines, wires, or rods which are more or less fixed in position while the boat is under sail. This term is used in contrast to running rigging, which represents elements of rigging which move …

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  • 56Koch (boat) — The Koch was a special type of small one or two mast wooden sailing ships designed and used in Russia for transpolar voyages in ice conditions of the Arctic seas, popular among the Pomors.Because of its additional skin planking (called kotsa )… …

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  • 57Staysail — A staysail is a fore and aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.Most staysails are bob triangular, however some are… …

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  • 58Cunningham (sailing) — Cunningham downhaul In sailing, a cunningham or cunningham s eye is a type of downhaul used on a Bermuda rigged sailboat to change the shape of a sail. Sailors also often refer to the cunningham as the smart pig . It is named after its inventor,… …

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  • 59Genoa (sail) — The genoa or jenny was originally referred to as the overlapping jib or the Genoa jib, being named after the city of Genoa as explained below. It is a type of large jib used on bermuda rigged craft, commonly the single masted sloop and twin… …

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  • 60Mainsail — For the MAchine INdependent implementation of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Language, see SAIL (programming language). The mainsail of this cutter is indicated in red …

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