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  2. Windmill (sailing dinghy) - Wikipedia

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    Windmill on a trailer, showing hull shape. The Windmill is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of plywood or fiberglass in the form of a double hull with a foam core, resulting in an unsinkable boat. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars. The boat and is sailed only with a jib and mainsail, no spinnaker and no trapeze.

  3. Windmill sail - Wikipedia

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    The sail is divided into a number of bays, each having a number of shutters. All the shutters are joined together by a shutter bar, and the force required for the wind to open the shutters is adjusted by a separate spring on each sail. Although automatic in operation, the mill must be stopped in order to adjust the reefing of the sail. [1]

  4. List of sailing boat types - Wikipedia

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    A Windmill sailing dinghy. The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans).

  5. Windmill ship - Wikipedia

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    Sailing downwind, the apparent wind decreases the more the ship speeds up and at exactly the true wind speed, would drop to zero, so that the wind turbine can generate no power and also no thrust if used in the autogyro mode. Therefor windmill ships are limited to less than wind speed when travelling directly downwind, as with other sailing craft.

  6. List of Windmill (sailing dinghy) championships - Wikipedia

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    Alachua Sailing Club, Florida: Francis Seavy & Unknown [1] 1954 Championship Lake Ivanhoe, Florida Charles Morgan & Unknown [1] 1962 National Championship Davis Island Yacht Club All Unknown [2] 1962 International Championship Sarasota Sailing Squadron, Florida David Posey & Unknown [2] 1963 National Championship Bellport Bay Yacht Club, New York

  7. Point of sail - Wikipedia

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    For many sailing craft 45° on either side of the wind is a no-go zone, where a sail is unable to mobilize power from the wind. Sailing on a course as close to the wind as possible—approximately 45°—is termed beating, a point of sail when the sails are close-hauled. At 90° off the wind, a craft is on a beam reach.

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  9. Category:Windmill (sailing dinghy) - Wikipedia

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