Definitions for Flying Dutchman
fly·ing dutch·man

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1. Flying Dutchmannoun

   the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day

2. Flying Dutchmannoun

   a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope

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1. Flying Dutchmannoun

   A Dutch-flagged clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. It is considered bad luck to meet said ship.

2. Flying Dutchmannoun

   A ship of similar qualities to the Flying Dutchman.

3. Flying Dutchmannoun

   A ghost ship.

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1. Flying Dutchman

   The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the seven seas forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and of Dutch maritime power. The oldest known extant version of the legend dates from the late 18th century. According to the legend, if hailed by another ship, the crew of the Flying Dutchman might try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. Reported sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries claimed that the ship glowed with a ghostly light. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship functions as a portent of doom. It was commonly believed that the Flying Dutchman was a fluyt.

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1. flying dutchman

   The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship from maritime folklore, said to be cursed to sail the oceans forever, unable to make port. Sightings of the ship are often reputed to be bad omens. The myth has been popularized in various forms of media, including literature, films, and opera. It derives its name from the fact that the tale originates from the 17th-century golden age of the Dutch East India Company.

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1. Flying Dutchman

   The Flying Dutchman is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the skipper to counterbalance the wind force on its sails. It made its Olympic debut at the 1960 Olympics Games. The FD is still one of the fastest racing dinghies in the world. She carries a mainsail, a very large foresail genoa, and a large spinnaker for running and reaching. The FD has been the basis for many important innovations in sailing over the past half century: ⁕First one-design dinghy to make use of a trapeze gear, a feature commonly found today on high performance dinghies and catamarans ⁕Roller furling genoa ⁕Windward sheeting traveler ⁕Spinnaker chute ⁕Spinnaker pole launchers ⁕Composite construction These innovations were possible because the FD was left as an "open" one-design class, where innovation and development in the boat is allowed and encouraged. Parameters that influence the speed of the boat directly, including hull shape, weight, and sail area are strictly controlled, but other areas can be adapted to suite.

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1. Flying Dutchman

   a Dutch captain, fated for his sins to scour the sea and never reach port, who appeared from time to time to sea-captains as on a black spectral ship, and from the very terror he inspired made them change their course; there are many versions of this fable in the German mythology.

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1. flying dutchman

   A famous marine spectre ship, formerly supposed to haunt the Cape of Good Hope. The tradition of seamen was that a Dutch skipper, irritated with a foul wind, swore by donner and blitzen, that he would beat into Table Bay in spite of God or man, and that, foundering with the wicked oath on his lips, he has ever since been working off and on near the Cape. The term is now extended to false reports of vessels seen.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flying Dutchman in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Flying Dutchman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Flying Dutchman
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Flying Dutchman
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#FlyingDutchman
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Flying Dutchman