Bobstay
Standing rigging from bowsprit to very point of stem, underneath bowsprit.
Boiler ...
Bobstay A stay for the bowspirit to prevent it lifting; from bowspirit end to stem at waterline.
Bollard Heavy short post on a wharf or dock to secure ship's mooring lines to.
Bobstays- Cables running form the bowsprit to the stem, near the waterline.
Bolt rope- The line sewn into the edge of a sail.
Bobstay
A wire from the bowsprit to the stem of a boat, just above the waterline.
Bollard
A large pillar to which a boat's mooring lines may be tied.
bobstay
Wire Stay underneath the bowsprit; helps to counteract the upward pull exerted by the forestay.
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Bobstay:
A stay from the stem of a boat to the end of the bowsprit used to counteract the upward pull of the forestay.
bobstay
A chain or heavy wire rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater. (back)
boom ...
Bobstay
A stay from the bow of the boat to the end of the bowspirt.
Bollard ...
bobstay
A stay or chain running from the end of a bowsprit to the stem to help support the sprit. It may run over a strut extending downward from the bowsprit (dolphin striker).
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BOBSTAY A chain, wire-rope, or rod supporting a bowsprit or boomkin against upward pull. BOLTROPE Rope sewn along one or more edges of a sail to strengthen it and take some of the stress of the cloth when it is stretched tightly.
To increase the mechanical power of the ropes used in hauling heavy loads. Parts of the Block: Shell, sheave, and pin.
Bobstay
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Line from stem to cutwater securing bowsprit.
BOBSTAYS The chains or ropes attached underneath the outer end of the bowsprit and led aft to the stem to prevent the bowsprit from jumping up.
The longitudinal pressure is counteracted by the bobstays, stays and backstays. A reference to fig.
Then rouse the bowsprit in by the shroud tackles to the second or third fid holes, as desired; ship the fid and set up the gear, beginning with the bobstay, the weather shroud next and the lee shroud last, ...
If your boat is equipped with a bowsprit, ensure that the mooring line will not foul the bobstay. In some crowded tidal moorings, helms are lashed to port, starboard or amidships.
The drum was mounted on the forward beam below the bobstay. The mainsail, which is loose-footed, hoists and drops through lazy jacks. Its cover remains attached in the boom boltrope groove of this radically cocked boom.
Bobstay: A stay underneath the bowsprit that counteracts the upward pull of the forestay.
Bollard: A large post on a wharf or pier and on the deck of a ship for securing mooring lines.
Bowsprit of the Falls of Clyde, showing the dolphin striker, the use of chain for the bobstays, and three furled jibs. (The yellowish pole is the bowsprit of a different vessel.) ...
BOBSTAYS Stays or chains used to steady the bowsprit down to the stern or cutwater. BOOM A spar used to extend the foot of a fore-and-aft or studding sail. BOOT TOP A painted line that indicates the designed waterline. BOW The forward part of a boat.
A spar projecting in front of the bows, and secured in place by various ropes, those to each side being "shrouds," and those beneath "bobstays".
Bridge ...
Bobstaycable,chain or rod holding down the end of the bowsprit.
Boat -A fairly indefinite term. A waterborne vehicle smaller than a ship. One definition is a small craft carried aboard a ship.
Boat Hook - A short shaft with a fitting at one end shaped to facilitate use in putting a line over a piling, recovering an object dropped overboard, or in pushing or fending off.Bobstay - Wire Stay underneath the bowsprit; ...
A tack or let to windward when beating boat boom A spar that swings from a boat's side when at anchor to secure a dinghy boat hook A device designed to catch a line or ring-bolt when coming alongside a pier or picking up a mooring bobstay ...
 See also: Deck, Mast, Bowsprit, Point, Sprit
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