- 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...
-
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...
- century, as the
figurehead as such
could not come to be
until ships had a
stemhead structure on
which to
place it.
During the
period from the seventeenth...
-
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...
- 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...
- (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...
- to tack.
stayfall A
flexible wire
cable rove
through blocks, one on the
stemhead and one on the end of the forestay. This is the
means by
which the mainmast...
-
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...
