Bowsprit
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BOWSPRIT: A spar extending forward from the bow.
BRIDGE: The location from which a vessel is steered and its speed controlled.
BRIDLE: A line or wire secured at both ends in order to distribute a strain between two points.
Bowsprit
the furthest front of the ship is the bowsprit. It is usually used as a lead connection for a smaller navigational sail. It was from the bowsprit that Blackbeard's head was hung as a trophy.
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Bowsprit: - a long spar attatched to the Jibboom in the bow; used to secure head sails.
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bowsprit - A spar that juts out forward of the bow; it enlarges the sail area of the ship by permitting extra jibs out in front of the boat ...
Bowsprit
Spar in bow of ship pointing forwards, carries the jib, and flying jib. Also carries the spritsail.
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bowsprit
A spar extending forward of the bow on a sailboat.
bow stop
Rubber blocks on a boat trailer into which the boat's stem rests.
Bowsprit: A spar that extends from the bow.
Bulb: The torpedo-shaped lead weight on the bottom of the keel or bottom of the hull, that provides the primary the ballast for America's Cup yachts.
Bowsprit
A spar that's attached to the bow of a boat, along the centerline of the boat. The forestay can be attached to it - thus allowing for a greater sail area.
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Bowsprit
Large spar projecting off the front of a boat. A bowsprit allows better positioning of the forestay to maximize use of the jib or genoa sail.
bowsprit
A pole extending from the bow of a boat. The bowsprit is used to attach the headstay forward of the front of the boat's deck. This allows added sail area for the head sail.
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Bowsprit: A large spar or boom running out from the stem of a vessel [the front or pointy end of the vessel], to which (and the jib-boom and flying jib-boom, which extend beyond it) the foremast stays are fastened.
bowsprit - A fixed spar; useful for anchor handling; spar projecting from the bow, to which forestay(s) or the headstay are fastened. A running bowsprit is one that can easily be reefed in like a cutter's.
Bowsprit:
A spar which projects forward from the bow of some boats, and extends the sail plan by allowing the headsails to be secured further forward.
Bowsprit: A spar projecting from the upper end of the bow of a sailing vessel.
Brig: 1. A two masted vessel square rigged on both masts.Generally in the 150 - 200 ton range. 2. A sailing vessel's jail.
Bowsprit
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".
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A large spar that projects forward from the forward end of a sailing ship; used to carry sails and support the masts. (back)
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Bowsprit - A short spar extending forward from the bow. Normally used to anchor the forestay.
Running bowsprit -- A bowsprit so fitted as to run in or out and reef.
Serve -- To cover a rope with spunyarn.
Shake out a reef -- To untie the reef points and set the sail.
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 Wire The stay underneath the bowsprit; helps to counteract the upward pull exerted by the forestay.
Boom crutch Support for the boom, holding it up and out of the way when the boat is anchored or moored.
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.
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.
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 A wire stay from the end of a bowsprit to a ...
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.
i will show that the bobstays hold down the bowsprit, which is liable to be lifted by the tug of the jibs, and of the stays connecting it with the fore-topmast. If the bowsprit is lifted the fore-topmast loses part of its support.
Often has a bowsprit to enlarge the foretriangle.
Draft: the depth of water required to float a boat. Can also refer to the fullness or roundness of a sail.
Foot: the bottom edge of a sail.
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.
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.
The rig features an aluminum mast and boom, but the bowsprit that nestles in a notch in the foredeck is carbon fiber. The shrouds are swept and there are cap shrouds that go to the masthead to help support the large asymmetrical chute.
Bowsprit - A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.
Breast line - a docking line going at approximately a right angle from the boat to the dock preventing movement away from the ...
46-foot cutter without a bowsprit
38-foot cutter
An important point with cutters and most double-headsail rigs is that running backstays are required to properly tension the staysail stay.
A sailboat without a bowsprit.
knot
1) Turns in a line that form a loop or secure the line to another line or object.
Widow-maker - a term for the bowsprit (many sailors lost their lives falling off the bowsprit while tending sails).
Length overall can be visualized by bringing the bow (excluding bowsprits and so forth) of a vessel's hull up against a vertical wall and then brining another vertical wall up against the stern.
STEEVE - To set a ship's bowsprit at an upward inclination.
STEMSON - Supporting timber of a ship.
STERN - The upright post or bar of the bow of a vessel.
Bobstays- Cables running form the bowsprit to the stem, near the waterline.
Bolt rope- The line sewn into the edge of a sail.
Sloop
A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.
Square sails are set on the jib-mast and main-mast. In addition a square sail is set below the bowsprit, the so called 'blinde'. On the mizzen-mast a lateen sail is set.
It was developed in 15th century Western Europe for use in the Atlantic Ocean. It had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle and forecastle and bowsprit at the stem. Columbus's Santa Maria was a Carrack.
Leads from masthead to bowsprit or foredeck.
Foretriangle: The triangle that is formed by the forestay, mast and deck.
Fouled: If gear or parts of the boat are jammed, messed up or dirty.
bowspritA spar extending forward of the bow on a sailboat. breakaway lanyardEmergency safety cable on a boat trailer that activates trailer brakes in the event the trailer comes detached from the tow vehicle while underway.
forestay wire: sometimes rod, support for the mast, running from the bowsprit or foredeck to a point at or near the top of the mast. foretriangle: on a sailboat, the triangle formed by the headstay, the front of the mast, and the deck.
 See also: Sprit, Boat, Hull, Deck, Sailing
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