sailing vessel
Mast and canvas
A sailing vessel is a watercraft propelled primarily by wind acting on sails.
The term encompasses everything from small sailboats to tall ships and schooners.
In maritime law and navigation rules, sailing vessel has specific meaning—a vessel under sail alone, not using engine power: Under the rules of the road, a sailing vessel has right of way over powerboats.
Large pleasure vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- ketchTwo-masted fore-and-aft vessel
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
- sloopOne-masted fore-and-aft rigger
cutter · dinghy · trimaran · clipper · barque · brigantine · brig · frigate
Outer covering or frame
- keelHull's structural base
- mastVessel's sail support
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- mainsailPrincipal vessel canvas
jib · spinnaker · boom · rudder · tiller · helm · bowsprit · crow's nest
Small Portuguese exploration ship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- discoveryAct of finding something
circumnavigation · uncharted waters · sea route · Age of Discovery · Columbus · Magellan · cartography · astrolabe
Organized boat racing event
- flotillaSmall naval fleet
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- America's CupPremier international yacht racing prize
- yachtingRecreational vessel sailing
boatyard · shipwright · maritime · ocean racing · boat show · seamanship
yacht
Large pleasure vessel
- schoonerMulti-masted sailing craft
- ketchTwo-masted fore-and-aft vessel
- catamaranDouble-hulled sailing craft
sloop · cutter · dinghy · trimaran · clipper · barque · brigantine · brig · frigate · corvette
hull
Outer covering or frame
mainsail · jib · spinnaker · boom · rudder · tiller · helm · bowsprit · crow's nest · deck
caravel
Small Portuguese exploration ship
- galleonLarge historical sailing ship
- navigatorRoute-directing crew member
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
discovery · circumnavigation · uncharted waters · sea route · Age of Discovery · Columbus · Magellan · cartography · astrolabe · compass
regatta
Organized boat racing event
- flotillaSmall naval fleet
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- America's CupPremier international yacht racing prize
yachting · boatyard · shipwright · maritime · ocean racing · boat show · seamanship
seafaring
Traveling by ocean vessel
navigation · chart · logbook · heading · bearing · tacking · windward · leeward · knots · wake
- boatsboat, ship, canoe, kayak, yacht
- seaportsseaport, docks, Shanghai, Singapore, container port
- seascapesseascape, seascapes, ocean view, coastal view, coastal scenes
- medieval portsharbor, dock, wharf, pier, quay