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  2. List of sail codes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 1992 by the International Sailing Federation. Sail country codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1]

  3. Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia

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    The expedition carried an amateur radio station with the call sign of LI2B operated by former World War II Norwegian resistance radio operators Knut Haugland and Torstein Raaby. [13] Haugland and Raaby maintained regular communication with a number of American, Canadian, and South American stations that relayed Kon Tiki's status to the ...

  4. Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits

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    Turkey chose to accept the designation of the Soviet aircraft carrying cruisers as aircraft cruisers, as any revision of the convention could leave Turkey with less control over the Straits, and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea had already established a more liberal passage through other straits. By allowing the Soviet aircraft-carrying ...

  5. Forces on sails - Wikipedia

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    Lift on a sail (L), acting as an airfoil, occurs in a direction perpendicular to the incident airstream (the apparent wind velocity, V A, for the head sail) and is a result of pressure differences between the windward and leeward surfaces and depends on angle of attack, sail shape, air density, and speed of the apparent wind.

  6. Ships from Turkey planning to deliver aid to Gaza were denied ...

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    Just before the flotilla was set to sail from Turkey to Gaza on Friday with 5,000 tons of aid, a surprise inspection by the Guinea-Bissau International Ships Registry resulted in the removal of ...

  7. Uluburun shipwreck - Wikipedia

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    With the evidence provided from the cargo on the ship it can be assumed that the ship set sail from either a Cypriot or Syro-Palestinian port. The Uluburun ship was undoubtedly sailing to the region west of Cyprus , but her ultimate destination can be concluded only from the distribution of objects matching the types carried on board. [ 6 ]

  8. I worked on cruises for 3 years and now frequently sail as a ...

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    After working on cruises and sailing as a passenger, I do certain things on every trip, such as packing a swimsuit in my carry-on and bringing coffee. I worked on cruises for 3 years and now ...

  9. Transportation secretary nominee Sean Duffy's confirmation ...

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    Sean Duffy, U.S. Transportation secretary nominee arrives for a meeting with Wyoming Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., on Capitol Hill on Dec. 11, 2024, in Washington, D.C.