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Sailing vessel description. Benefit from data recorded in the ship wiki and share your knowledge. A sailing vessel having no centerboard no rudder and no fixed mast. Add the ships to My Fleet with the star symbol in order to follow them later.

The vessel has a loosely stepped mast or kingpost an outwardly extending arm and a stabilizer hull pivoted to the outer end of the arm the stabilizer hull having an angled submerged blade. By placing sails across the path of the wind it pushes against them to create a force which in turn moves the vessel. The chief mate is the head of the deck department on a merchants vessel second-in-command after the ships Master.

All descriptions have been extracted from posts to TheShipsList and Mariners List. A strong hull- the hull of many boats is built strong to. Sail ships move using the force of the wind.

Dates are shown as ddmmyyyy. The Chief mates primary responsibilities are the vessels cargo operations its stability and supervising the deck crew. Sailing vessel means any description of a vessel provided with sufficient sail area for navigation under sails alone whether or not fitted with mechanical means of propulsion and includes a rowing boat or canoe but does not include a pleasure craft.

A sailing vessel with a lugsail rig normally two-masted except when they were used for smuggling or as privateers when a mizen was stepped right aft. Sailing vessel with a western style hull and Chinese style rigging. Search by name IMO or MMSI numbers flag state length and vessel type.

A When two sailing vessels are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision The term risk of collision is described in Rule 7. The largest were up to 150 tons burden and could carry up to 12 guns. There was accommodation for 425-1st 450-2nd and 2000-3rd class passengers.