bowsprit's Usage Examples:

sources may include bowsprits in LOA.

"Sparred length", "Total length including bowsprit", "Mooring length" and.

The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow.

The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay that counteracts.

Its tack is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast.

Internationally it is known by the two names of "angulate" and "bowsprit" tortoise.

counteract the upward tension on the bowsprit from the jibs and forestay.

A bobstay may run directly from the stem to the bowsprit, or it may run to a dolphin.

ships a spritsail is a square-rigged sail carried on a yard below the bowsprit.

Bowsprit Point is the island's northeast point, named for its resemblance to a bowsprit, or prow of a ship.

a small vertical or near vertical ancillary spar spanning between the bowsprit and martingale thereby redirecting the tension in the forward end of the.

exception is the Friendship sloop, which is usually gaff-rigged with a bowsprit and multiple headsails.

(and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit, or to another mast (the mast is item 13 in the illustration right).

As such, it was gaff-rigged, with two or more headsails and often a bowsprit of some length, with a mast sometimes set farther back than on a sloop.

gundeck and aimed through specially cut-out ports on either side of the bowsprit, or dedicated weapons made with an unusually long bore and a relatively.

jibboom (also spelt jib-boom) is a spar used to extend the length of a bowsprit on sailing ships.

It has two masts and bowsprit; carries two loosefooted balance lug (or settee) sails and small jib.

much larger if the boat is equipped with a bowsprit.

, the Melges 17), have retractable bowsprits for this sail.

topmast is a small topmast that was sometimes carried on the end of the bowsprit of a large European warship during the Age of Sail.

run fore-and-aft along the centerline from the masts to the hull, deck, bowsprit, or to other masts which serve to stabilize the masts.

spinnaker is replaced with a gennaker that is set on an extensible bowsprit.

Using a bowsprit allows the size of the gennaker to be a much larger sail than.

Eagle is a development of the Herreshoff America, with a clipper bow, bowsprit and a gaffhead sloop rig.

The foresail is mounted on a bowsprit.

Synonyms:

spar;