Yet Robert Forward, one of the committee's members, has suggested a way to squeeze even more thrust from such a sail: by passing ten times closer to the sun.
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Al Busaidi, who had never sailed before joining the Sultan of Oman's Navy as young man, was joined aboard the "Musandam-Oman Sail" by his fellow 29-year-old countryman Fahad Al Hasni who has only been sailing for three years.
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Perhaps the most remarkable revelation in the report is that up until a week before the flotilla set sail, led by the infamous Mavi Marmara, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was under the impression that he had reached a deal with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Kingdom of Bahrain is owned by the Sail Bahrain project, which aims to promote the island as a yachting destination and was recently launched by Team Pindar.
They were even more impressed after the ship set sail and destroyed the speed record by crossing the Atlantic in a record three-days and 10-hours.
Nor did he seem to care that by putting on the extra sail, he was beating some of his own best customers.
Scott's Terra Nova, which he had bought from a Liverpool ship owner, was cheered on by thousands when it set sail from the Welsh capital early on the afternoon of 15 June, 1910.
They will also attempt to change the direction of Ikaros by altering the angle of the sail.
Getting there by boat also involves a challenging sail across the Southern Ocean, from bases like Hobart, Australia, and isolated Punta Arenas, Chile.
She was inspired by The Atlantic Clipper, a sail-assisted cargo ship that sailed between the UK and the Caribbean in the 1980s.
The key was not to try to dig a Suez-type of canal, a great sea-level trench from ocean to ocean, but to create a lock-and-lake canal, where the ships are lifted up by a series of locks to a man-made lake, and then they sail across that lake, and then they are set back down on the other side by another series of locks.
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The Black Sail hostel in Ennerdale, Cumbria is only accessible by foot or bike and is popular with adventurists, including Sir Chris Bonington.
The dull roar of the wind, rushing past at a speed of eight knots, punctuated by the occasional pop of the canvas sail that billows and gusts below my dangling feet.
From there, its a short sail to Newport, then Jamestown, which got whacked by Superstorm Sandy.
The bill, proposed by state senator Elaine Alquist, is set to sail through the health committee, onto the state senate floor, and, eventually, into California state law.
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There are thrusters in the hub to do this, but the researchers want to see if it is possible simply by adjusting the reflectivity of LCDs embedded in the sail.
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But maisu also referred to easy, communal sharing of something good: like the knowledge of how to sail for weeks out on the Pacific, without maps, going by the stars.
In the Danish expedition that set sail this week, the Swedish ice-breaker is being led northwards by a larger Russian one, the 50 Years of Victory.
The Disney Magic, which is being retro-fitted this fall, will set sail in October 2013 with the first interactive attraction featuring Marvel characters designed by Walt Disney Imagineers.
For instance, the sail that forms part of Geostorms, a sun-watching probe proposed by America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, would be a mere 67 metres (220 feet) across.
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It was many years later discovered in a sail loft at Victory barracks, now HMS Nelson, in 1960, covered by gym mats.
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Desafio Espanol stayed five ahead of fifth-place Victory Challenge of Sweden with three matches to sail, while the Swedes won their duel against France's Areva Challenge by 35 seconds.
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Founded in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston -- the first person to sail solo, non-stop, around the world in 1969 -- the Clipper Race revolves around the notion anyone can circumnavigate the globe, regardless of their experience.
Alternatively, you can sail round forbidding Cape Horn, renowned for its violent weather, and held in awe by sailors for centuries.
By 5 April the first battle ships, including two aircraft carriers, hurriedly set sail for the South Atlantic.
By mid-February all the stores were ashore, and on 28 February the Nimrod set sail northwards.
Dave Kitson had a snatched chance but saw his header sail wide while Hunt conjured Reading's best attempt when his right-footed drive was well saved by Harper.
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