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	Bowsprit, sprit topmast, jib boom
		From the early 16th century until about 1650 (occasionally as late as 1670), the bowsprit was routed past the foremast on the starboard side.It did not lie parallel to the keel, but at an angle, so that the head of the bowsprit was on the centreline of the ship.
		After this time the bowsprit's heel was stepped in line with the foremast, and supported by the stem -thus it was situated with all its length exactly on the centreline, like all the other masts and topmasts.
		Two timbers, the bees, to right and left of the head of the bowsprit, served to attach the fore topmast stay, and the fore topmast preventer stay (see STAYS).The dolphin striker was fitted under the bowsprit cap, and the martingale stays (see BOWSPRIT RIGGING) passed under this.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/PAGE15.html (430 words)

	Bowsprit - Definition, explanation
		The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow.
		In the 17th century and early 18th century a vertical sprit topmast was added near the end of the bowsprit and another square sail added to it; this is not a particular successful design however, the mast tending to carry away in heavy weather.
		Bowsprits are rare on modern yachts; the forestay merely runs down to the tip of the bow.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/bo/bowsprit.php (308 words)

	Bowsprit Tortoise
		The Bowsprit Tortoise resides in Namibia, South Africa, and areas around Cape Province, encompassing territories along the coast from East London in South Africa to the opening of the Orange River.
		This inverse relationship is due to the defecation by penguins that, consequently, strip the land of vegetation eaten by the Bowsprit Tortoises.
		The Bowsprit Tortoise population on Dassen Island in 1989 was estimated at 5,937.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /bowsprit_tortoise.htm (628 words)

	Bowsprit gammoning
		Until into the late 17th century the gammoning was the only standing rigging on the bowsprit, and in all cases it is the first rope to be attached when qtting the rigging.
		The bowsprit gammoning was looped over the bowsprit, passed down the knee of the head, through the gammoning hole, up again to the bowsprit and over it, back to the gammoning hole again etc., the whole repeated eight to eleven times.
		They were slightly thicker than the rope, and as long as the gammoning itself on the bowsprit until the 18th century, slightly shorter in the 18th and 19th centuries.
	www.all-model.com /wolfram/PAGE51.html (651 words)

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		Next saturate the bowsprit with at least two coats of the epoxy resin to seal the wood, including all of the holes for mounting the rollers and platform.
		This bowsprit is made from tubing that is 4" square, with a.120" wall, with end plates welded on, and the eyeband welded to the end.
		There is a framework of 2" stainless angle across the bowsprit that supports the platform and the two bronze anchor rollers, and a welded ear for the headstay and bobstay connection.
	www.westsail.com /b-rails.htm (1020 words)

	Gear for Gaffers
		Bowsprits, like masts, are structural members in compression, the sail loads on the cranse iron being transmitted to the bowsprit heel, where they are then taken into the hull.
		As in the case of a mast, this state of affairs is achieved by the use of stays: the bobstay running from cranse iron to a point on the stem somewhere around the water-line, and bowsprit shrouds from cranse iron to plates mounted at around deck level.
		Where the staying angles are small, usually when the bowsprit is long relative to the beam or the forward freeboard, then the equivalent of spreaders are fitted, referred to as the dolphin striker for the bobstay, and whiskers for the bowsprit shrouds.
	www.classicmarine.co.uk /Articles/rigintro.htm (1649 words)

	Bowsprit makes new sloop stand out - Boston.com
		Bowsprits also are designed to save weight and reduce wind drag while sailing upwind.
		New Zealand's red sloop stood out from the fleet with its bowsprit, but its Italian opponent in the challenger finals successfully protested that it had been illegally used.
		Dickson said USA 87 has been on the water only once, so the bowsprit's effect won't be known until it goes through extensive testing.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2006/03/27/bowsprit_makes_new_sloop_stand_out (579 words)

	Bowsprit Yachting - Yacht Charter in the West of Scotland
		Bowsprit Yachting - Yacht Charter in the West of Scotland
		Bowsprit can cruise you away to places you only dream about.
		Bowsprit yachting and Yacht Tequendama can offer you cruising of high quality on the West Coast of Scotland, be it a bareboat charter, a skippered holiday, or a corporate event, perhaps in company with other yachts.
	www.bowsprit-yachting.com (169 words)

	Yachting: Tongues wag over Oracle's 'bowsprit' - 25 Mar 2006 - Julie Ash
		Bowsprits are nothing new to the Cup, first appearing on New Zealand's NZL20 in 1992.
		A bowsprit allows better positioning of the forestay to maximise use of the jib or genoa sail.
		While bowsprits are not illegal, the Oracle team, headed by New Zealander Chris Dickson, run the risk of having other syndicates questioning their use of it.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /author/story.cfm?a_id=99&ObjectID=10374334 (392 words)

	Text-Book of Seamanship - Part 3
		The bowsprit proper is of iron, and in the general detail of its form, stiffness, andc., is similar to the iron lower masts previously described.
		Reeve the topmast-stays through the bees in the bowsprit, turn them around the thimbles of their hearts and clap luffs on them to steady the mast when fidding; reeve off also the laniards of the backstays, and tend the stays and backstays while the mast is being swayed aloft by the top-tackles and fidded.
		Sway the dolphin-striker to its place by means of a tackle from the bowsprit cap and a whip from the jib-boom end and hook it to its eye-bolt; shackle to it the lower end of the jib-martingale and the back-ropes.
	hnsa.org /doc/luce/part3.htm (20556 words)

	About Bowsprit Tortoise
		The bowsprit tortoise is one species of tortoise that upholds the evoltion process in a constant turn of change.
		The population of bowsprit tortoise is quite threatend to a great deal of low population in the wild.
		The jackass penguin eats all the plants and grasses the bowsprit tortoise feeds on and leaves waste behind, in turn depletes the population of the bowsprit tortise for that year.
	www.tortshack.com /articles/2005/09/about_bowsprit.html (331 words)

	Bowsprite
		The USS Constitution’s bowsprit projects over the bow of the ship, supporting the foremast, and extends the headsails.
		At the head, or outer most part of the bowsprit is an extension called the jibboom, from which the jib sail would fly.
		The innermost part of the bowsprit, from which the forestaysail flies, is called the heel.
	www.ussconstitution.navy.mil /Bowsprite.htm (117 words)

	Work begins on repairing skipjack bowsprit - South County
		For landlubbers, the bowsprit is the long -- in this case, wooden -- beam pointing off the bow, or front, of a sailing vessel.
		It might seem mostly decorative, but in fact the series of lines and chains that attach to it provide crucial support for the two masts, mainsails and the smaller jib sail that is directly attached to it.
		Now almost complete, the 20.5-foot-long bowsprit needs to be painted then rigged with the eye hooks and other hardware to secure lines and chain.
	www.hometownannapolis.com /cgi-bin/read/2006/01_26-16/CSC (848 words)

	Model Ship Museum : Buy Sail Boats, Warships Ships, battleships, Ocean Liners, Modern Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		From the early 16th century until about 1650 (occasionally as late as 1670), the bowsprit was routed past the foremast on the starboard side.It did not lie parallel to the keel, but at an angle, so that the head of the bowsprit was on the centreline of the ship.
		After this time the bowsprit's heel was stepped in line with the foremast, and supported by the stem -thus it was situated with all its length exactly on the centreline, like all the other masts and topmasts.
		Two timbers, the bees, to right and left of the head of the bowsprit, served to attach the fore topmast stay, and the fore topmast preventer stay (see STAYS).The dolphin striker was fitted under the bowsprit cap, and the martingale stays (see BOWSPRIT RIGGING) passed under this.
	www.modelshipmaster.com /about/tech7--bowsprit.htm (436 words)

	Salem Maritime NHS InDepth: FRIENDSHIP photo diary
		These two long, overlapping spars project out from the bow of Friendship at an angle of about 20 degrees from the horizontal and together they add over 65 feet to the overall length of the ship, for a total ship length of 175 feet.
		The bowsprit and jibboom act somewhat like masts and carry the forestays and jib sails, also known as the head rig, out beyond the bow of the ship.
		The rudders in some of the old ships could only travel through an arc of a mere 14 degrees and the sailors in these ships learned to use the sails to swing the bow or stern around to the direction they needed to go.
	www.nps.gov /archive/sama/indepth/fs/fsdiary/sept2000bjds01.htm (241 words)

	Yachting and Boating World: Macwester bowsprit
		In the write up he had added an outer forstay to the bowsprit, and converted it to a cutter rig.
		4 My boat (marcus) had a bowsprit and the advantage of this to me was is that it enables a cutter rig.
		With a reefing sail on the roller fitting and one on a 3ft bowsprit the boat is transformed.
	www.ybw.com /forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=pbo&Number=1130288&Searchpage=1&Main=1130188&Words=+pvr&topic=&Search=true (1115 words)

	Liardet (1849): Shifting, or taking out, a bowsprit. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		In preparing to take a bowsprit out, the topmast had better be struck; the fore or main-topmast got up and down; the fore part of the foremast for a derrick, previous to bousing the fore-runners well taut, and securing the foremast.
		We were induced to mention the subject of striking topmasts before taking out a bowsprit, from having seen a vessel do so, with her top-gallant masts only struck; her fore-topmast stays being secured to the bumpkin ends.
		All the support that you can possibly give to a foremast, with the bowsprit out, is really so much up and down, that it would be desirable to strike both topmasts for fear of a breeze, as the main-topmast, if left up, must bring an increased strain on the foremast head.
	www.bruzelius.info /nautica/Seamanship/Liardet/Liardet(1849)_p44.html (226 words)

	The Bow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The white spar that sticks out from the bow is called the bowsprit, the wooden extension to the bowsprit is the jib boom.
		Three sails are carried on the bowsprit along with the spritsail that hangs from the spritsail yard.
		View of the forerig, made up of three spars; the lower spar in white is the bowsprit, the wooden spar in the upper right is the jibboom, and the spritsail yard runs perpendicular to both, athwartship, near the doubling.
	www.tallshiprose.org /info/tour/quicktour/bow.html (291 words)

	Fire damage to my bowsprit! - SailNet Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		More traditional bowsprit materials are clear fir, hickory, ash, or oak in that order.
		From my woodworking experience, the advice on the bowsprit is probably wrong, and the cracks are likely reapirable.
		As for a stainless bowsprit and aluminum masts.....uh.....uh....
	www.sailnet.com /forums/gear-maintenance/9158-fire-damage-my-bowsprit-post38772.html (1127 words)

	Hammax International - Bowsprit for Gennaker
		Hammax bowsprit is a new and practical device for those who want to use a gennaker.The bowsprit consists of two rods which are joined thogether by a hinge.
		The bowsprit is fixed to the deck by two pegs.
		In its forward position the bowsprit is automatically locked on the pegs.
	www.hammax.se /hameng.html (59 words)

	Bowsprits (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The down haul is fixed at the waterline level on the hull and is adjusted with a sliding webbing nappy/diaper arrangement that shortens or lengthens the triangulation.
		So the attachment to the bowsprit as there were the luff of the sail is, at the end for the big gennaker, in the mid for the smaller spinnaker or the screecher.
		The bowsprits must be quickly and easily removed whilst sailing without tools, also that all components outside the vertical of the deck line (except the boom).
	www.minitransat650.com /html/bowsprits.htm (703 words)

	Soubrette's Cruising Rig (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
		The small job rigged on the original 7/8 rig is not used simultaneously with the masthead bowsprit sail.
		Naturally there is not much helm in light air, 10 knots plus or minus, but notwithstanding the size of the jib and the bowsprit Soubrette still shows a very slight weather helm around 10 knots.
		In heavy weather, the club-footed jib on the traveler and a reefed main provides the ultimate rig for heavy weather, a favorite of mine and one in which the Triton shines.
	www.geocities.com /tritonassociation/soubrette (1038 words)

	Liardet (1849): To shift a bowsprit by the spars of the ship.
		The bowsprit of a brig, or of a ship-sloop, may be shifted by means of the foreyard, but for a frigate, or ship of the line, it is recommended to have recourse to either of the following methods:--
		This hawser is intended to act as a top-and-lift, by which the derrick may be raised or depressed, according to the angle required for lifting the bowsprit clear of the bows of the ship.
		When the upper purchase-blocks are lashed to the topmast-head, the heel of the derrick secured below, and its angular position obtained, the messenger, which should be previously taken up abaft the fore-mast, and passed over through the vacant hole in the fore-cap to the topmast-head, must be boused well taut upon deck.
	www.bruzelius.info /nautica/Seamanship/Liardet/Liardet(1849)_p212.html (850 words)

	Bowsprit or Pole; Discuss - Sailing Anarchy Forums
		During a short stint on a sprit boat, I missed the bowman.
		Swinging bowsprit good on smaller, marginal planing boats as they make the downwind legs more tactical than either a symmetric kite or a fixed bowsprit (only as long as the fleet is one-design though).
		I think the popping off the forestay, jibing and reataching system used of the sleds and the TP52's is pretty trick though and certainly seems to do the trick with the megapoles.
	www.sailinganarchy.com /forums/index.php?&act=ST&f=1&t=1574 (1034 words)

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