The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sailing:
Sailing – the use of wind to provide the primary power via sail(s) or wing to propel a craft over water, ice or land. A sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails by adjusting their angle with respect to the moving sailing craft and sometimes by adjusting the sail area.
Sailing can be described as all of the following:
Exercise – bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health or wellness.
Recreation – activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.Outdoor recreation –
Sport – organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means.
Transport – movement of people and goods from one location to another.
Boating – travel or transport by boat; or the recreational use of a boat (whether powerboats, sailboats, or man-powered vessels such as rowing and paddle boats) focused on the travel itself or on sports activities, such as fishing.
Travel – movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations for any purpose and any duration, with or without any additional means of transport.
Tourism – travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
Canoe sailing
Cruising (maritime)
Dinghy sailing
Sailing (sport)
Dinghy racing
Match racing
Fleet racing
Team racing
Speed sailing
Single-handed sailing
Yachting
History of sailing
Age of Sail
Sailboat
Catboat
Cutter (boat)
Day sailer
Dinghy
Australian Sharpie
Skiff (sailing)
Keelboat
Pleasure craft
Sailing hydrofoil
Sailing yacht (small)
Sharpie (boat)
Sloop
Yawl
Sailing ship
Bermuda sloop
Clipper
Medium clipper
Extreme clipper
Dutch clipper
Junk (ship)
Ketch
Sailing yacht (large)
Schooner
Tall ship
Aftercastle
Anchor
Anchor windlass
Beakhead
Bilge
Bilgeboard
Boom brake
Bow
Bowsprit
Capstan
Cathead
Centreboard
Chains
Cockpit
Crow's nest
Daggerboard
Deck
Figurehead
Forecastle
Gangway
Gunwale
Head
Hull
Jackline
Jibboom
Keel
Keel (Canting)
Kelson
Leeboard
Mast
Orlop deck
Poop deck
Prow
Quarter gallery
Quarterdeck
Rudder
Sail
Ship's wheel
Skeg
Spar (sailing)
Stem
Stern
Sternpost
Strake
Tiller
Top
Transom
Whipstaff
Winch
Monohull
Multihull
Catamaran
Trimaran
Rigging – apparatus through which the force of the wind is used to propel sailboats and sailing ships forward. This includes spars (masts, yards, etc.), sails, and cordage.
Bermuda rig
Cat rig
Crab claw sail
Fore-and-aft rig
Full rig
Gaff rig
Junk rig
Lateen
Ljungstrom rig
Mast aft rig
Spritsail
Square rig
Backstay
Block
Bobstay
Boomkicker
Braces
Buntlines
Chainplates
Cleat
Clevis pin
Clewlines
Cunningham
Deadeye
Downhaul
Earing
Fairlead
Forestay
Gasket
Gooseneck
Gunter
Guy
Halyard
Kicker
Lazy jack
Outhaul
Parrel beads
Peak
Preventer
Ratlines
Running rigging
Shackle
Spinnaker chute
Standing rigging
Sheet
Shroud
Stay mouse
Stays
Throat
Topping lift
Trapeze
Traveller
Turnbuckle
Vang
Windex
Types of Spars
Spar (sailing) – pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail. These include booms and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole.
Boom
Bowsprit
Boomkin
Dolphin striker a/k/a Martingale
Pelican striker
Fore-mast
Gaff
Jackstaff
Jibboom
Jigger-mast
Jury rigging
Main-mast
Mast
Mizzen-mast
Truck
Spinnaker pole
Spreader
Sprit
Topmast
Yard
Sails
Sail – catchment device designed to receive and redirect a force upon a generous surface area. Traditionally, the surface was engineered of woven fabric and supported by a mast, whose purpose is to propel a sailing vessel.
Types of sails
Blooper
Course
Crab claw
Driver
Extra
Fisherman
Gennaker
Junk sail
Lateen
Lug sail
Mainsail
Mainsail
Moonraker
Parafoil
Ringtail
Rotorsail
Royal
Screecher
Skysail
Spanker
Spinnaker
Asymmetrical spinnaker
Spritsail
Staysail
Jib
Genoa
Studding
Topgallant
Topsail
Trysail
Turbosail
Watersail
Wingsail
Sail anatomy
Sail material
Dacron
Technora
Kevlar
Twaron
Parts of a sail
Clew
Foot
Head
Leech
Luff
Roach
Tack
Throat
Peak
Sailing vessel design and physics
Sail-plan
Racing Rules of Sailing
Forces on sails
Turtling (sailing)
Angle of loll
Broach (sailing)
Death roll
Drogue
Limit of Positive Stability
Metacentric height
Naval architecture
Ship stability
Weight distribution
Five essentials of sailing
Sail training
Sailing (sport) – using sailboats for sporting purposes. It can be recreational or competitive. Competitive sailing is in the form of races.
Types of races
Fleet racing – involves sailboats racing one another over a set course. It is the most common form of sailboat racing.
Match racing – racing between two competitors, going head-to-head.
Team racing – also known as teams racing, is a popular form of dinghy racing and yacht racing. Two teams consisting of 2, 3, or 4 boats compete together in a race, all the boats being of the one class and reasonably evenly matched. The results of each team are combined to decide the winner
Race formats and sailing sport events
Short course racing
Sailing at the Asian Games
Sailing at the Summer Paralympics
Sailing at the Summer Olympics
America's Cup
Cowes Week
Mug Race
Coastal/Inshore racing
Swiftsure Yacht Race
Offshore racing
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Transpacific Yacht Race
Fastnet Race
Bermuda Race
Hamilton Island Race Week
Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac
Governors Cup
South Atlantic Race
Oceanic racing
Volvo Ocean Race (formerly called the Whitbread Round the World Race)
Global Challenge
Clipper Round the World Race.
Racing Rules of Sailing
Ruling bodies
Austrian Sailing Federation
South African Sailing
Swedish Sailing Federation
Swiss Sailing
US Sailing
World Sailing
Shipyard
See also: Ruling bodies (above)
International Sailing Federation
International Association for Disabled Sailing
Australian Sailing magazine
Blue Water Sailing Magazine
Boat International Media
International Boat Industry
Motor Boats Monthly
Practical Boat Owner
SuperYacht Business
Yachting
Yacht Harbour
Yachting (magazine)
Yachting Monthly
Yachting World
List of sailboat designers and manufacturers
List of Olympic medalists in sailing
American Sailboat Hall of Fame
List of large sailing yachts
List of schooners
List of large sailing vessels
List of clipper ships
List of extreme clippers
List of longest wooden ships
List of large sailing sloops
List of tall ships
