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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...
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
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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...
- In sailing, a
boom is a spar (pole),
along the foot of a fore and aft
rigged sail, that
greatly improves control of the
angle and
shape of the sail. The...
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foresails (jibs) and
three fore-and-aft
spanker sails including two
spanker sails on two
gaffs and a
spanker topsail) with a
total sail area of 56,510...
- 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...
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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...
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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...
