Talk:Jangada

Initial edit
Thanks, Wladston, for the initial translation from pt.WP! I think I've done the best I can for an initial edit/fixup, but there are a couple of areas which still need a little help.

1. The "bolina" board sounds an awful lot like a centerboard to me, and I have fixed it up with that assumption in mind. But some verification that it is a fin-like board, and some clarification of its location and details of its articulation would be helpful. (I think its slot was forward of the mast, but I'm not sure. And was some poor guy just sitting there and holding the thing in the right place for days on end?)

2. It looks like the German page has more content than the Portuguese page! Or, at least, more section headers and more images. The French page has an additional photo, too. It's probably worth doing some content comparison... wish I spoke more languages.

3. The final page (beginning with "Knowledge of constructing this family of artisan watercraft") and the one two paragraphs above that (beginning with "The first jangada sailors threw their boats into the sea") need help. I do not understand what the Portuguese page was trying to say, so I cannot make sense of these paragraphs.

4. "This asymmetry is due to the manipulation high of the mast, that turns gently - this time using the lever mechanic principle - around its axis." Turning around its axis... in a spiral? Or just a mast raked back in a parabolic curve? I think I'd need to see a diagram to understand how levers apply here. I think I don't understand the details of this paragraph well enough to clarify it.

Infinoid 14:41, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

1. T is missing or rather may be Lateen sail: ""Its triangular sail makes use of some effects of fluid dynamics. Also known as a "lain sail","" 2. Pls. check for weasel words, one concern on s o m e effects of fluid dyns.... ?! 67.86.58.205 (talk) 18:08, 28 June 2008 (UTC)wikici


 * "Also known as a "lain sail" ". In pt Wikipedia this says "conhecida como "vela latina" " - "Latin sail". Presumably this is "lateen sail", but I don't know, myself - I'll mess around with it a little. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 21:20, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

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Retouch: ""This group works on a space of approximately 5 to 7 meters, on average (although there are jangadas larger than 8 meters), and a space of 1.4 to 1.7 meters on its smaller extension. "" ??!!