Wind is everything to a sailing vessel. The galley was capable of outperforming sailing vessel in early battles. "Northwind" accomplished the MEDEVAC of a woman from a sailing vessel west of Bermuda. Many Islanders became rich without ever setting foot on a sailing vessel. The galley did have disadvantages compared to the sailing vessel though. The Phoenicians often traded by means of a galley, a man-powered sailing vessel. They are renowned for making a wooden sailing vessel called the pinisi boat. A mainsail ("mains'l") is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. Sometimes the wind blows so strongly that no sailing vessel can make headway against it. The sailing vessel "Kwai" also stops on the island. A dhoni resembles a dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel. At this stage the ship was still intended as a sailing vessel. The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. This ship achieved the fastest ever recorded speed of a sailing vessel (22 knots).. A brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts.