Wikipedia:WikiProject Sailing/Articles needing work

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2021 posts

April

Completed rewrite of Sailing. There were many unreferenced sections that read like "how-to" manuals. I moved the more technical "Physics" sections to the back. HopsonRoad (talk) 22:50, 30 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2020 posts

November

Abel F. Hayden: I have written this article about a 19th-century American Maritime pilot. He was one of the oldest Boston pilots, serving for over thirty years. He helped bring in the USS San Jacinto, into the Boston Harbor in 1861. Hayden was owner of the pilot-boat D. J. Lawlor, that was struck by a fishing schooner Horace B. Parker, in 1895.--Greg Henderson (talk) 16:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

August

High-performance sailing: I have rewritten this article, following the content of sources by Bethwaite, an authority on the subject. HopsonRoad (talk) 01:41, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

July

Sailing: I have nibbled away at this article to assure that the descriptions provided are supported by references and to diminish the "how-to" tone of earlier iterations of the article. I have gotten as far as Hull trim, which is the first section where further improvement is indicated.

Also to be considered is whether it is appropriate to have a section on knots at the same level as sections on navigation. The hierarchical organization seems to be poorly considered. I suggest further discussion of the structure of the article at Talk:Sailing#Section hierarchy. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 18:47, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done This article is now in reasonable shape. HopsonRoad (talk) 18:58, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

March

1. Elwood Walter, No. 7 – There is a discussion at Elwood Walter, No. 7 moved to draftspace whether there is the required in-depth coverage. I have made additional changes. Please review and let me know if you can help accept this page so it can be moved into the article space. --Greg Henderson 20:49, 9 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

RESOVED: The article has been rewritten under the name Ellwood Walter, No. 7. The draft article has been deleted. The new article has been reviewed and a talk page was created. --Greg Henderson 15:08, 17 March 2020 (UTC)

2017 posts

January

1. High-performance sailing – There is a discussion at Talk:High-performance sailing#Wind-rotor propulsion out of scope for this article? whether wind-rotor propulsion is out of scope for this article. Your thoughts are welcome. User:HopsonRoad 13:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The wind-rotor propulsion material was moved to Wind-powered vehicle#Rotor-powered. User:HopsonRoad 12:53, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2. Sailing faster than the wind – You'll find a discussion of this article's awkward title at Talk:Sailing faster than the wind#Awkward title. I just made this article a part of this project and dropped it from WikiProject:Ships, because it wasn't about ships. User:HopsonRoad 13:12, 22 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The name was changed to High-performance sailing after apparent consensus. There was one dissenter, who felt that the article was specifically about sailing faster than the wind. User:HopsonRoad 13:04, 23 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

3. Sail components – You'll find a discussion of a rewrite of this article at: Talk:Sail components#Watch this space for a reorganization and rewrite. User:HopsonRoad 17:10, 13 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have completed the rewrite and transferred it to the subject article. User:HopsonRoad 15:16, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2016 posts

October

Soling, reads like an advertisement. - Ahunt (talk) 14:38, 6 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Santana 20, needs refs and serious expansion, formating. - Ahunt (talk) 00:31, 12 October 2016 (UTC) Done - Ahunt (talk) 20:39, 15 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Topper (dinghy) - needs refs and a total rewrite, reads like a fan piece right now. - Ahunt (talk) 00:48, 19 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Pocket cruiser - needs refs and a total rewrite, another article that reads like an advertising piece. - Ahunt (talk) 00:51, 19 October 2016 (UTC) Sort of Fixed - needs expanding with refs. - Ahunt (talk) 19:14, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Trailer sailer - needs refs and a total scratch rewrite. - Ahunt (talk) 00:25, 21 October 2016 (UTC) - Fixed 14 May 2017 - Ahunt (talk) 13:06, 14 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Catalina 38 - needs refs - Ahunt (talk) 19:41, 24 October 2016 (UTC) Fixed - Ahunt (talk) 19:13, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Catalina 30 - needs refs - Ahunt (talk) 19:41, 24 October 2016 (UTC) Fixed 4 April 2017 - Ahunt (talk) 15:15, 3 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

September

Parts of a sail makes many unreferenced and dubious assertions. User:HopsonRoad 02:32, 9 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This has been renamed Sail components and rewritten. User:HopsonRoad 15:19, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Square rig needs many more in-line references. User:HopsonRoad 02:13, 13 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Centreboard, no refs cited! - Ahunt (talk) 22:33, 22 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

August

Fractional rig - has only one ref, seriously needs proper referencing. - Ahunt (talk) 16:05, 5 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

July

Sailboat has no in-line references. It is only rated a Mid-importance article! User:HopsonRoad 16:52, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Sail has multiple sections without references. This is a Top-importance article. User:HopsonRoad 14:01, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have totally rewritten this and linked it to other, more detailed articles. User:HopsonRoad 15:21, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

3. Sailing has multiple issues. This is a Top-importance article. User:HopsonRoad 14:01, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-done I have removed most of the "how-to" content and replaced it with extensive references. Remaining sections have {{refimprove section|date = June 2017}} tags. User:HopsonRoad 19:36, 16 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

4. Triton 24 (no refs and reads like a personal essay) - Ahunt (talk) 12:49, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

5. Rigging contains only one in-line reference. This is an unrated article in Project Sailing. User:HopsonRoad 14:01, 23 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have totally rewritten this and linked it to other, more detailed articles: Standing rigging and Running rigging. User:HopsonRoad 15:23, 15 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

June

Gary Mull (sailboat designer, requires clean-up and formatting) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahunt (talk • contribs) 27 June 2016
3000 (dinghy) (virtually unreferenced and reads like a sailing magazine review) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahunt (talk • contribs) 25 June 2016