Outrigger

outrigger - A floatation device attached to one or both sides of the hull to help prevent a capsize. overboard - In the water outside of the vessel. overfall - Dangerously steep and breaking seas due to opposing currents and wind in a shallow area.

outrigger A spar projecting from a vessel's side to support a small boat, a sail, fishing gear, or a flopper-stopper. overboard ...

Outrigger - A contrivance of some sort for extending a sail or stay outboard. A name for a kind of rowboat which has the rowlocks extended beyond the boat's side by iron rod brackets. Over-canvassed - Too much canvas.

OUTRIGGER - Spar extended from side of ship to help secure mast. To the Top P ...

The outrigger hull(s) of a proa, or trimaran. amidships In the center of the boat.

MAST HOUNDS The upper portion of the mast at which the outrigger or trestle trees are fitted. Also applied to that portion at which the hound band for attaching the shrouds is fitted on masts without outrigger or trestle trees.

Outrigger - A structure which extends outboard beyond the edge of the hull for some special purpose.

of the outrigger and weather platform, the use of which is at the present time distributed from the Andaman Islands eastward throughout the whole of the South Pacific, has never made its way into the Western seas.

Akas: Lateral struts that attach outrigger hulls to a trimaran or proa. Ama: The outrigger hull(s) of a proa, or trimaran. Amidships: The middle area of the boat. Angle of attack: The angle of a sail in relation to the direction of the wind.

Type of Boat - Other - All types of craft not listed, i.e., racing hydroplanes, kayaks, airboats, houseboats, pontoon boats, rafts, outrigger, canoes, paddle wheel vessels. etc.

Braces from the aftermost mast that run to the very stern of the ship often pass through blocks attached to short outriggers projecting from the side of the ship in order to improve their lead.

See also: Boat, Line, Hull, Stern, Sail