sail boom

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• Stun Sail Boom River — The Stun Sail Boom River (or Stuns l Boom River) is located on the rugged south coast of Kangaroo Island, a large island off the South Australian coast. The southern and western coast of this island is notorious for its shipwrecks as it lies… …   Wikipedia

• Boom — (b[=oo]m), n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See {Beam}.] 1. (Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding sail boom, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A long spar… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Boom iron — Boom Boom (b[=oo]m), n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See {Beam}.] 1. (Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding sail boom, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• boom —   n. long spar extending foot of sail.    ♦ boom sail,    ♦ boom sheet, etc., sail, sheet, etc., attached to boom …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Boom hitch — knot details name=Boom hitch names= type=hitch origin=Described by Ashley in 1944 related= releasing= strength=high uses=robust attachment to a foundation caveat=The boom hitch is a type of knot. It is a rather robust and secure method of… …   Wikipedia

• Sail twist — is a phenomenon in sailing where the head of the sail is at a different angle of attack from the foot of the sail in order to change the lift distribution with height. Twist is measured by comparing the angle of a straight line between the… …   Wikipedia

• Boom — may refer to:Pole or spar application* Boom (sailing), spar at the foot of a sail on a sailboat * Boom (windsurfing), a wishbone shaped piece of windsurfing equipment * Boom barrier, a barrier used to block vehicular access through a controlled… …   Wikipedia

• boom — boom1 [bo͞om] vi. [ME bummen, to hum; like Du bommen, Ger bummen, orig. echoic] to make a deep, hollow, resonant sound vt. to speak or indicate with such a sound: usually with out [the clock boomed out the hour] n. 1. a booming sound, as of… …   English World dictionary

• Boom — (b[=oo]m), v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Boom — (b[=oo]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Boomed}, p. pr. & vb. n. {Booming}.] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp, the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English