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Five square sails and one triangular sail. Every part of the rig has a job. Mayflower II offers a close look at how a historic merchant ship was built to move cargo—and why that design brings challenges when sailing close to the wind. In this dockside conversation, we look at the trade-offs behind the rig, the ship’s size, and what it takes to handle her under sail. #sailing #ship #sea
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Who invented “Mayday”? In 1923, Frederick Stanley Mockford, a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was asked to come up with a spoken distress signal that would be easy to understand over radio. At the time, much of Croydon’s air traffic traveled between London and Paris. Mockford drew inspiration from the French expression meaning “help me,” which led to the word “Mayday.” It worked because it was short, distinctive, and difficult to confuse over a weak or noisy radio transmission. More than a century later, “Mayday” is still the internationally recognized voice distress call used in aviation and at sea. #sailing #history #boating #sailor
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Orange smoke is a daylight signal. See the smoke-signal designs in this demonstration and how they help make a position visible during a rescue.
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