"Sailing into the wind" is a sailing expression that means a ship is able to move forward even when heading into the …show more content…
But it is possible. When the sail is positioned at a certain angle, the ship will move forward, because the centerline of the ship is pulled to the water. The force of the sail will balance out the force of the centerline. Even though people might not think it is possible, it is. That is how a ship can "sai into the wind" and still move forward.
A Spanish Galleon was a large ship that had multiple decks. They normally carried three or more masts, which used a sailing rig on the rear masts, and Square rigs on the foremast and mainmast. The Galleons were built by the Spanish and
Portuguese, mainly for trade overseas. On a Spanish Galleon, there would be the sailing crew and the commanders. That would be about eighty people. There would also be the soldiers and their officers, which would be about one-hundred twenty people, so the overail number of people on a Spanish Galleon would be about two-hundred people. Some Galleons were very large, such as Nuestra Sefiora de la Concepción. It was a one-hundred twenty ton Spanish Galleon that sailed the Panama trading route. It could carry two tons of cargo. Other Galleons would normally carry around fifty tons of