Bowsprit - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bowspritBobstay
A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater usually in the pl...
Boltsprit
See Bowsprit...
Bowsprit
A large boom or spar which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel to carry sail forward...
Forestay
A large strong rope reaching from the foremast head to the bowsprit to support the mast See Illust under Ship...
Frigatoon
A Venetian vessel with a square stern having only a mainmast jigger mast and bowsprit also a sloop of war ship rigged...
Gammoning
The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays...
Gobline
One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit called also gobrope and gaubline...
Knockabout
A small yacht generally from fifteen to twenty five feet in length having a mainsail and a jib a sloop with a simplified rig and no bowsprit All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard The original type was twenty one feet in length The next larger type is called a raceabout...
Lugger
A small vessel having two or three masts and a running bowsprit and carrying lugsails See Illustration in Appendix...
Raceabout
A small sloop rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit...
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