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bowsprit [Brit ˈbəʊsprɪt, Am ˈbaʊˌsprɪt, ˈboʊˌsprɪt] N

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(mât de) beaupré

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She is clinker-built and was schooner rigged with a bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

The fore-topmast stay goes to the end of the bowsprit, a little beyond the fore-stay, on which the fore-topmast staysail runs on hanks. en.wikipedia.org

Using a bowsprit allows the size of the gennaker to be a much larger sail than would be possible with a symmetrical spinnaker. en.wikipedia.org

The vessels are sorted by ship length including bowsprit, if known. en.wikipedia.org

Until the mid-1700s, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically "above" the fore end of the bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

The design was traditional, with a wineglass stern, full keel, and bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

In this method of measuring bowsprit including jibboom and out-board part of spanker boom if any have both no effect on the ship's length. en.wikipedia.org

There may also be a bowsprit possibly extended by a jib-boom, which extends forward past the bow. en.wikipedia.org

Unlike a spinnaker, the asymmetric does not require a spinnaker pole, since it is fixed to the bow or bowsprit. en.wikipedia.org

The length of the ketch including bowsprit was then 19,5 m. en.wikipedia.org

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