Battery Safety Guidelines
- To prevent battery leakage: Be sure to insert batteries correctly.
- Batteries should be replaced by adult.
- Never dispose of batteries in fire as this may cause them to explode.
- Do not mix old and new batteries (replace all batteries at the same time).
- Do not mix Alkaline, standard (Carbon-Zinc) or rechargeable
(Nickel-Cadmium) batteries (or equivalent). Only batteries of the same
or equivalent type as recommended are to be used.
- Non-rechargeable batteries are not to be recharged.
- Always remove exhausted or dead batteries from product. Remove
batteries from product which is not going to be used for a long time.
Otherwise the batteries may leak and cause damage.
- The supply terminals are not to be short-circuited.
- Make sure battery compartment is secure.
- Do not immerse battery operated toys. Wipe clean only.
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Reach
- Sailing across the wind.
Regatta
- A sailing meet or race involving multiple ships, and usually
multiple races.
Rudder Wheel
- The single steerable front wheel of the landsailer, used
to change direction.
Run
- Sailing directly away from the wind.
Spar
- Lines supporting the mast from side to side and front to back.
Starboard
- The right hand side of the hull while looking forward towards
the bow.
Starboard Tack
- When the wind is coming over the starboard side of
the ship and the sail and boom are set to port.
Stern
- The back end of the ship.
Tack
- The current path of the ship.
Tacking
- Turning the front of the ship through the wind from one side to
the other. Changing tack.
Telltale
- Thin sting or cloth used to tell wind direction.
Trim
- Adjusting the angle of the sails.
Upwind
- Towards the wind.
Windward
- The side towards the wind.
