- 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...
- the mast. A
forward mast
placement and a
fixed (as
opposed to running)
bowsprit, but with two
headsails may give
categorisation as a sloop. An example...
-
sources may
include bowsprits in LOA. Confusingly, LOA has
different meanings. "Sparred length", "Total
length including bowsprit", "Mooring length" and...
- vessel. Its
forward corner (tack) is
fixed to the
bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck
between the
bowsprit and the
foremost mast. Jibs and
spinnakers are...
- 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...
- 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...
- habitat.
Internationally it is
known by the two
names of "angulate" and "
bowsprit" tortoise.
Locally in
southern Africa however, it is
uniformly known as...
-
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...
-
genoa but is
frequently mounted on a
bowsprit,
often a
retracting one. If the
spinnaker is
mounted to a
special bowsprit, it is
often possible to fly the...
-
jibboom (also
spelled jib-boom) is a spar used to
extend the
length of a
bowsprit on
sailing ships. It can
itself be
extended further by a
flying jib-boom...
