These include booms and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole. The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.
British sailors have been told to take bags of sand on their yachts to protect themselves from killer whales responsible for hundreds of attacks on boats in the Strait of Gibraltar. More than 250 yachts have been damaged, and three sunk, since the attacks in the Strait and off the coast of Spain...
2017 American Sail 14.6 sailboat for sale (2nd owner). Includes everything you would get from the manufacturer in a new package and some extras. Included is boat with weighted centerboard, galvanized trailer, rigging, kick up rudder with extension pole, mast, boom, sailbag, Honda 2.3 hp 4 cyl...
WASHINGTON, Mo. – A Missouri newspaper apologized to its readers for publishing an editorial cartoon about the duck boat tragedy at Table Rock Lake that left 17 people dead. The “Missourian” published ...
A Missouri newspaper is apologizing after publishing a syndicated editorial cartoon regarding the duck boat tragedy at Table Rock Lake. A Missouri newspaper is apologizing after publishing a ...
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Sail repair tape can work, but not so much on holes that big. The cheapest way would be to get some used sail cloth (the glue sticks better to used cloth than new cloth--a canvas shop dumpster is a good bet) and glue on patches.