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Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay. Roller furling is typically used for foresails such as jibs or genoas. [1] A mainsail may also be furled by a similar system, whereby the sail is furled within the mast or around a rotating boom (or around a
Holly Martin is a solo sailor and sailing vlogger best known for sailing her 27-foot sloop Gecko as part of her YouTube channel Wind Hippie Sailing. [2] [3] [4]Martin sails a Grinde 27 foot double ender sloop [2] that she purchased in Connecticut and returned to Maine where she spent over a year preparing to make her seaworthy.
Robin Lee Graham (born March 5, 1949) is an American sailor.He set out to sail around the world alone as a teenager in the summer of 1965. National Geographic magazine carried the story in installments (October 1968, April 1969, October 1970), and he co-wrote a book, titled Dove, detailing his journey.
Furling refers to stowing a sail into a neat package after it has been hand ed, but leaving it still fastened in the position from which it can be set. For a sail with a boom this usually means flaking the sail down over the boom and securing with sail ties ( gasket s).
Sam Holmes is a vlogger and solo sailor best known for his YouTube channel Sam Holmes Sailing. [2] [3] Holmes records journeys on his YouTube channel including sailing from California to Hawaii in a Ranger 23 sailboat, [4] [5] [6] crossing the Atlantic to Europe in his Cape Dory 28. [7] [8] Holmes created some controversy while sailing in Svalbard.
A solent [1] refers to a sail and rigging system on sailboats, typically sloops.Sailors, particularly British sailors, often refer to a 100% jib as a Solent, because its smaller size is preferable when sailing in the strong winds found in the Solent between the Isle of Wight and Britain.
As of July 2023, the channel had over 1.85 million subscribers and is the most popular sailing YouTube channel. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] In November 2019, they received significant media attention for sailing Greta Thunberg onboard La Vagabonde from Virginia to Lisbon for the 2019 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid .
Furling may refer to: Furling (Stargate), characters in the series Stargate SG-1; Furl (sailing), to gather a sail; Furling (aerodynamics), to manipulating an airfoil;