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• Boom (sailing) — In sailing, a boom is a spar (pole), along the foot (bottom) of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail. The primary action of the boom is to keep the foot of the sail flatter when the sail… …   Wikipedia

• Gaff rig — [cite web |url=http://www.frankhagan.com/weekender/gaffhaly.htm |title=The Gaff Rig Page |accessdate=2008 10 05] is a sailing rig (configuration of sails) in which the sail is four cornered, fore and aft rigged, controlled at its peak and,… …   Wikipedia

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• Spanker (sail) — A spanker is either of two kinds of sail.On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff rigged fore and aft sail set from and aft of the aftmost mast. Almost all square rigs with more than one mast have one or two spankers, which evolved from the …   Wikipedia

• Ringtail boom — Ringtail Ring tail , n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom and gaff sail; called also {ringsail}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Parts of a sail — In sailing the parts of a sail have common terminology for each corner and edge of the sail. Contents 1 Triangular Sails 1.1 The corners 1.2 The edges 1.3 The roach …   Wikipedia

• Crab claw sail — Micronesian proa with crab claw sail The crab claw sail or, as it is sometimes known, Oceanic lateen or Oceanic sprit, is a triangular sail with spars along upper and lower edges. The crab claw sail is used in many traditional Pacific Ocean… …   Wikipedia

• Course (sail) — Illustration of the foremast of the Stavros S Niarchos. The course sail is the lowermost sail. In sailing, a course is the lowermost sail on a mast. This term is used predominantly in the plural to describe the lowest sails on a square rigged… …   Wikipedia

• Spanker boom — Spanker Spank er (sp[a^][ng]k [ e]r), n. 1. One who spanks, or anything used as an instrument for spanking. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore and aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; sometimes called… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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