- sail. On a
schooner of four or more masts, the
spanker is the sail on the mast
nearest the stern. The
spanker is a
small sail, but as it is so far aft of...
-
Shipyard in Bath, Maine. With a
length of 450 ft (140 m) from jib-
boom tip to
spanker boom tip,
Wyoming was the
largest known wooden ship ever built. Because...
-
method of
measuring bowsprit including jibboom and out-board part of
spanker boom if any have both no
effect on the ship's length. The
longest length for...
-
measured at 5,633 gross
register tons (GRT) of cargo. Her masts,
yards and
spanker boom were made of
steel tubing;
lower mast and
topmast were made in one piece...
-
called the
upper spanker and
lower spanker. A fore-and-aft
topsail may be
carried above the
upper or only
spanker, and is
called the gaff sail. To stop...
-
appearing to
threaten Kearsarge.) A hand-held
white flag at Alabama's
stern spanker boom finally halted the engagement.
Prior to this, she had her
steering gear...
- steel:
masts (lower and top mast were made in one piece) and
spars (yard,
spanker boom) were
constructed of
steel tubing, and most of the
rigging was steel...
-
overall length including her 86 ft (26 m)-long
jibboom and her
protruding spanker boom was 450 ft (140 m), 334 ft (102 m) on deck.
Francis B. C. Bradlee: The...
- gangway. Chesapeake's
spanker boom then
swung over the deck of the
British ship. Mr Stevens, Shannon's boatswain,
lashed the
boom inboard to keep the two...
- with gaff
abaft the fore, with
large staysails over and
three jibs. Her
spanker boom projected far
beyond the stern."([3]
Prince of Neuchatel)
After her capture...
