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Jibboom
A jibboom (also spelled jib-boom) is a spar (sailing), spar used to extend the length of a bowsprit on sailing ships. It can itself be extended further by a flying jib-boom. The heel (i.e. rear and lower) end of the flying jib-boom is attached to the jib-boom, and the heel of the jib-boom to the bowsprit. The point (i.e. higher and fore end) of the flying jib-boom is generally the fore-most extent of a ship. The jib- and flying jib- booms carry the tack (sailing), tacks of the jib and flying jib sails, respectively, and the stay (nautical), stay for the topgallant mast, fore topgallant mast and the royal stay. In yachts it is a boom attached to the foot of the jib, to keep the shape of the sail in different wind angles and to allow self tacking. Jib-boom The jib-boom is—as the name suggests—the boom (sailing), boom for the jib, extending its foot. On smaller, merchant, sailing ships, it is commonly attached to the bowsprit by a cap and a saddle, either lashing (ropework), la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flying Jib
A jib is a triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast of a sailing vessel. Its forward corner ( tack) is fixed to the bowsprit, to the bows, or to the deck between the bowsprit and the foremost mast. Jibs and spinnakers are the two main types of headsails on a modern boat. Modern yachts and small craft Boats may be sailed using a jib alone, but more commonly jibs make a minor direct contribution to propulsion compared to a main sail. Generally, a jib's most crucial function is as an airfoil, increasing performance and overall stability by reducing turbulence on the main sail's leeward side. On boats with only one jib, it is common for the clew of the jib to be abaft the mast, meaning the jib and mainsail overlap. An overlapping jib is called a ''genoa jib'' or simply a genoa (see illustration). These are efficiently used when reaching more broadly than a close reach. Alternatively, a boat may carry smaller jibs, to compensate aerodynamics when the main sail is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobstay
A bobstay is a part of the rigging Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support and control a sailing ship or sail boat's masts and sails. ''Standing rigging'' is the fixed rigging that supports masts including shrouds and stays. ''Running rigg ... of a sailing boat or ship. Its purpose is to counteract the upward tension on the bowsprit from the jibs and forestay. A bobstay may run directly from the stem to the bowsprit, , Classic Marine or it may run to a dolphin striker, a spar projecting downward, which is then held to the bowsprit or [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Diagram
Boom may refer to: Objects * Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill * Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation * Boom (sailing), a sailboat part * Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment * Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel * Log boom, a barrier placed in a river * Boom, the lifting part of a crane * Boom microphone * Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom * Boom, short for boomerang * Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access Arts and entertainment Music Performers * Boom! (group), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall * The Boom, a Japanese rock band * Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam *Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds Albums * ''Boom'' (The Sonics album), 1966 * ''Boom'' (Mario Pavone album), 2004 * ''Boom'' (Garmonbozia album) * ''Boom'', a 2006 album by T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spar (sailing)
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail. These include yards, booms, and masts, which serve both to deploy sail and resist compressive and bending forces, as well as the bowsprit and spinnaker pole. In larger vessels during the age of sail, spare spars could be roped together to provide a temporary surface known as a "spar deck". These served as jury-rigged repairs for permanent decks, or as an additional platform under which to shelter goods or crew. The term was also informally applied to areas of the forecastle The forecastle ( ; contracted as fo'c'sle or fo'c's'le) is the upper deck (ship), deck of a sailing ship forward of the foremast, or, historically, the forward part of a ship with the sailors' living quarters. Related to the latter meaning is t ... or quarterdeck where spare spars were stored by laying them flat against the existing decking. In the moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowsprit
The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar (sailing), spar extending forward from the vessel's prow. The bowsprit is typically held down by a bobstay that counteracts the forces from the forestay, forestays. The bowsprit’s purpose is to create anchor points for the sails that extend beyond the vessel’s bow, increasing the size of sail that may be held taut. The word ''bowsprit'' is thought to originate from the Middle Low German word ''bōchsprēt'' – ''bōch'' meaning "bow" and ''sprēt'' meaning "pole". On some square-rigged ships a Spritsail (square-rigged), spritsail is flown below the bowsprit; these are sometimes accompanied by a sprit topmast, which serves to assist the spritsail while tacking (sailing), tacking. The bowsprit may also be used to hold up the Figurehead (object), figurehead. References External links * {{Sailing ship elements Sailboat components ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing Ship
A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on Mast (sailing), masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel. There is a variety of sail plans that propel sailing ships, employing Square rig, square-rigged or Fore-and-aft rig, fore-and-aft sails. Some ships carry square sails on each mast—the brig and full-rigged ship, said to be "ship-rigged" when there are three or more masts. Others carry only fore-and-aft sails on each mast, for instance some schooners. Still others employ a combination of square and fore-and-aft sails, including the barque, barquentine, and brigantine. Early sailing ships were used for river and coastal waters in Ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean. The Austronesian peoples developed maritime technologies that included the fore-and-aft crab-claw sail and with catamaran and outrigger boat, outrigger hull configurations, which enabled the Austronesian expansion into the islands of the Indo-Pacific. This expansion originated in Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tack (sailing)
A tack is the windward side of a sailing craft (side from which the wind is coming while under way)—the starboard or port tack. Generally, a craft is on a starboard tack if the wind is coming over the starboard (right) side with sails on port (left) side. Similarly, a craft is on a port tack if the wind is coming over the port (left). Tack is also a nautical term both for the lower, windward corner of a sail. Windward side of course sailed As a point of reference, tack is the alignment of the wind with respect to a sailing craft under way. If the wind is from the starboard side of the sailing craft, it is on ''starboard tack'', and if from port, on ''port tack''. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea for vessels underway declare that when the courses of two sailing vessels converge, the vessel on ''port tack'' must give way to a vessel on ''starboard tack''. The maneuver of changing a sailing craft's course from one tack to the other during which t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stay (nautical)
Stays are ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run fore-and-aft along the centerline from the masts to the hull, deck, bowsprit, or to other masts which serve to stabilize the masts. A stay is part of the standing rigging and is used to hold a mast upright. It is a large strong rope, wire or rod extending from the upper end of each mast and running down towards the deck of the vessel in a midships -and- direction. The shrouds serve a similar function but extend on each side of the mast and provide support in the athwartships direction. The object of both is to prevent the masts from falling down but the stays also prevent springing, when the ship is pitching deep. Thus stays are fore and aft. Those led aft towards the vessel's stern are backstays while those that lead forward towards the bow are forestays. "To stay" is also a verb: to bring the ship's head up to the wind (to point the bow upwind). This is done in order to go about (to tack; tacking is somet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topgallant Mast
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the median line of a ship or boat. Its purposes include carrying sails, spars, and derricks, giving necessary height to a navigation light, look-out position, signal yard, control position, radio aerial, or signal lamp. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship. Nearly all sailing masts are guyed. Until the mid-19th century, all vessels' masts were made of wood formed from a single or several pieces of timber which typically consisted of the trunk of a conifer tree. From the 16th century, vessels were often built of a size requiring masts taller and thicker than from single tree trunks. On these larger vessels, to achieve the required height, the masts were built from up to four sections (also called masts). From lowest to highest, these were called: lower, top, topgallant, and royal masts. Giving the lower sections su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom (sailing)
In sailing, a boom is a spar (sailing), spar (pole), along the 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'' flatter when the sail angle is away from the centerline of the boat. The boom also serves as an attachment point for more sophisticated control lines. Because of the improved sail control it is rare to find a non-headsail without a boom, but lateen sails, for instance, are loose-footed. In some modern applications, the sail is rolled up into the boom for storage or reefing (shortening sail). Boom attachment The forward end of the boom attaches to a Mast (sailing), mast just below the sail, with a joint called the Gooseneck (sailing), gooseneck. The gooseneck pivots allowing the other end of the boom to move freely. The Parts of a sail#Corners, clew (back corner) of the sail attaches to the free end of the boom. The entire ''foot'' of the sail may be attached t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lashing (ropework)
A lashing is an arrangement of rope, wire, or webbing with linking device used to secure and fasten two or more items together in a somewhat rigid manner. Lashings are most commonly applied to timber poles, and are commonly associated with cargo, containerisation, the Scouting movement, sailors, and gardeners. It has been imagined that the first lashing made by humans was wrapping a few strips of bark around a stone to hold it to a tree branch to make an ax to hunt and build with. In modern times, the same methods are used, but strips of bark and vines have been replaced with natural and synthetic fiber ropes. Scouts and campers use lashings to build camp gadgets and improve their campsites for comfort and convenience, including the building of rafts for transport and competitive events. Lashings are also used in pioneering, the art of creating structures such as bridges and towers, using ropes and wooden spars. There are still areas in the world where lashing spars (or poles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boom Iron
Boom may refer to: Objects * Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill * Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation * Boom (sailing), a sailboat part * Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment * Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel * Log boom, a barrier placed in a river * Boom, the lifting part of a crane * Boom microphone * Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom * Boom, short for boomerang * Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access Arts and entertainment Music Performers * Boom! (group), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall * The Boom, a Japanese rock band * Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam *Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds Albums * ''Boom'' (The Sonics album), 1966 * ''Boom'' (Mario Pavone album), 2004 * ''Boom'' (Garmonbozia album) * ''Boom'', a 2006 albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
