- 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...
-
sources may
include bowsprits in LOA. Confusingly, LOA has
different meanings. "Sparred length", "Total
length including bowsprit", "Mooring length" and...
- of a
sailing vessel. Its tack is
fixed to the
bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck
between the
bowsprit and the
foremost mast. Jibs and
spinnakers are...
- 120
metres (390 ft) high and may be a crater. At its
northern end sits
Bowsprit Point, a northeast-trending
peninsula that
rises steep from the sea and...
- applies, with the
placement of the mast and the
rigging details of the
bowsprit taken into
account – so a boat with two
headsails may be
classed as a sloop...
-
names in
Convoy Range; the
mapped form of the
moraine protrudes like a
bowsprit out from the end of
Elkhorn Ridge.
Named by a 1989-90 New
Zealand Antarctic...
- habitat.
Internationally it is
known by the two
names of "angulate" and "
bowsprit" tortoise.
Locally in
southern Africa however, it is
uniformly known as...
- attached,
presumably by the ship's sailmaker, to a
superstructure beside the
bowsprit near the figurehead,
ending just
above the
normal waterline. In many modern...
- divided. Jibs are
carried forward of the foremast, are
tacked down on the
bowsprit or jib-boom and have
varying naming conventions.
Staysails may be carried...
- The
metal ****ing
mounted at the end of a
bowsprit to
which the
forestay (or jibstay), bobstay, and
bowsprit shrouds are attached. It is also
where the...
