-
consists of
stringing international maritime signal flags on a ship from
stemhead to masthead, from
masthead to
masthead (if the
vessel has more than one...
- The stem is the most
forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an
extension of the keel itself. It is
often found on
wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively...
- two
headsails - the jib was set on a
bowsprit and the
staysail to the
stemhead. This is a
cutter rig, not to be
confused with the ship's boat
termed a...
- the
figurehead as such
could not come to be
until ships had an
actual stemhead structure on
which to
place it. The
menacing appearance of
toothy and bug-e****...
- mizzen. The
foresail tack
fastened to an iron
bumkin protruding from the
stemhead. The
mizzen sheeted to an
outrigger (called an "outligger" by the crews...
-
headsails were a staysail, set on the
forestay (which
fastened to the
stemhead), a jib, set
flying to a
traveller on the
bowsprit and, in most cases,...
-
running bowsprit, a
forestay (carrying a staysail) that is
fixed to the
stemhead, a jib that is set
flying and a mast
position that is more aft is a cutter...
-
point some
distance forward of the mast. For a
foresail this may be the
stemhead or, in some boats, one of a
choice of
hooks set
along each gunwale. The...
-
taken during a 2019
refit showed that it
measured 5.21 m (17.1 ft) from
stemhead to transom, with a 1.74 m (5.7 ft) beam and a 1.2 m (3.9 ft) draft. It...
- (front
lower corner) some
distance in
front of the mast,
often at the
stemhead. A
standing lug's tack is
fastened near the foot of the mast. The halyard...
