Yes it is a boat. The legs as you call them are canting (means can move side to side) keels.
Keels are what keeps the sailboat upright with the sideways pressure of the sails.
@CaptAmehrican
Cool. The people in my neighborhood have boats without keels because they have motors. I call all of it “sailing”, but I see the distinction.
See you Monday
From Thurber " The Story of Sailing". A lady who sat next to me at dinner turned to me and said, “Do you reef in your gaff-topsails when you are close hauled or do you let go the mizzen-top-bowlines and cross-jack-braces?” She took me for a sailor and not a landlubber and of course I hadn’t the slightest idea what she was talking about. One reason for this was that none of the principal words (except “reef”) used in the sentence I have quoted is pronounced the way it is spelled: “gaff-topsails” is pronounced “gassles”, “close-hauled” is pronounced “cold”, “mizzen-top-bowlines” is pronounced “mittens”, and “cross-jack-braces” is pronounced “crabapples” or something that sounds a whole lot like that. Thus what the lady really said to me was, “Do you reef in your gassles when you are cold or to you let go the mittens and crabapples?” I can sympathize with his confusion.
Volvo?
@therealjrn The current sponsor. Initially it was British Whitbread or something like that.
http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/articles.html
I don’t understand- this is a boat? What are the legs?
if you’re taking requests, I like photos of ships/boats in water. Old photos, so I can live vicariously
Yes it is a boat. The legs as you call them are canting (means can move side to side) keels.
Keels are what keeps the sailboat upright with the sideways pressure of the sails.
@CaptAmehrican
Cool. The people in my neighborhood have boats without keels because they have motors. I call all of it “sailing”, but I see the distinction.
See you Monday
@naropa Even a hint of a keel is useful in a cross wind even if you have no sails as it helps prevent you from sliding sideways in the water
@Kidsandliz I will try to notice this. Most of the boats in my neighborhood are Saran wrapped at the mo.
Volvo Ocean race is an around the world race that did indeed used to be called Whitbread. It is some of the fastest boats and most pro crews
@CaptAmehrican
Do you race?
@f00l yes but not at that level
@CaptAmehrican
What have you raced?
From Thurber " The Story of Sailing". A lady who sat next to me at dinner turned to me and said, “Do you reef in your gaff-topsails when you are close hauled or do you let go the mizzen-top-bowlines and cross-jack-braces?” She took me for a sailor and not a landlubber and of course I hadn’t the slightest idea what she was talking about. One reason for this was that none of the principal words (except “reef”) used in the sentence I have quoted is pronounced the way it is spelled: “gaff-topsails” is pronounced “gassles”, “close-hauled” is pronounced “cold”, “mizzen-top-bowlines” is pronounced “mittens”, and “cross-jack-braces” is pronounced “crabapples” or something that sounds a whole lot like that. Thus what the lady really said to me was, “Do you reef in your gassles when you are cold or to you let go the mittens and crabapples?” I can sympathize with his confusion.