Meanwhile, high-definition projectors inside the hall can show slides and films on five separate "sails," gently curved surfaces floating above the stage.
And in recent years, the complicated debate over which boats and disciplines should constitute the 11 separate Olympic sailing events, which are allocated by the International Olympic Committee, has been intense and free-wheeling.
Concerned by the frigate's weakness, L'Hermite ordered her to separate and sail for a harbour in the neutral United States, arriving at Hampton Roads on 1 September.
When he learned from a passing vessel that there was a French squadron in the region, he ordered the convoy to separate and sailed for Malta alone in an effort to join Warren more rapidly and warn him of Ganteaume's return.
Unlike SailNet, Boats.com -- which has a home page that includes separate links for sailing, powerboating and fishing -- does not own a separate retail division.
While Dermont is correct that a parachute anchor/sail can be deployed off the stern of a boat to slow its motion, heaving to is a completely separate maneuver in which sails are backwinded in a particular manner to also slow the boat.
"I'd mislaid an entire century, the one separating Columbus's sail in 1492 from Jamestown's founding in 16-0-something," he writes.
(Patrolling the open waters for events like triathlon, marathon swimming and sailing is a separate matter).
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He was reportedly headed toward Juneau's Point Bishop and decided that fashioning a DIY raft with duct tape and sailing across the channel which separates mainland Alaska from Douglas Island was the best course of action.
