Floor Sailing

Floor Sailing is the next submission to the Olympic Games Committee defined by the distance a person travels while tripping or slipping on a smooth, slick or slippery surface!
Dude if you had only practiced a little more you could have gotten a Gold Medal in “Floor Sailing“ for that record slide in class!!
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cum sailed

A woman that gives a blowjob to everyone in the room all in a line.
Bitch, you totaly cum sailed that party the other night!
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All Sail!

it's a word for Pirates
Pirate: All Sail!
Someone: Aye, Aye, Captin!
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Wet Sail

A nautical term for when sailors boat sails would become wet and droop and become useless.

Sometimes used as an insult meaning, useless and/or dumb
Guy 1: That chick is such a wet sail.

Guy 2: Yeah she's pretty stupid.
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Sail boating

The act of farting against the scrotum during Anal sex, turning it into a spinnaker sail.
After a delicious taco Tuesday meal, she took me sail boating
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Sex sails

A sexual play on the saying ‘wind in my sails’.
Ernie paused to turn up the television volume, which really took the wind out of my sex sails.
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Caravel Sail

The Caravel Sail is a sail that evolved from Lateen Sails both of which have strong Austronesian influences.

Yes — there is strong circumstantial and structural evidence that the caravel sails of the Portuguese, especially their lateen rigging, were influenced by earlier Austronesian sailing technology, particularly the crab-claw sail used on paraw and proa vessels.

Let’s break this down:

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🔹 1. Portuguese Caravel and Lateen Sails

The caravel (15th century) was the main exploration ship of Portugal during the Age of Discovery.

It used lateen sails (triangular sails on angled masts), which allowed it to tack against the wind, unlike square-rigged European ships.

This innovation was critical for long-distance ocean voyages, including to India, Africa, and later Asia and the Philippines.

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🔹 2. Austronesian Crab-Claw Sails — The Original Triangular Sails

Austronesians had already been using crab-claw sails for over 3,000 years before the caravel.

These sails were highly efficient, capable of upwind sailing, speed, and maneuverability.

Found in:

Philippine paraw

Indonesian prahu

Micronesian proa

The mast was often tilted forward, similar to the lateen sail structure.
The Caravel Sail made the Age of Exploration possible.
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