Sailing

id: sailing-183-9873616
title: Sailing
text: Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water, on ice (iceboat) or on land over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying d
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description: Propulsion of a vehicle by wind power
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing
date created: 2001-09-25T17:49:16Z
date modified: 2024-09-06T21:02:32Z
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