spinnaker pole is a spar used in sailboats (both dinghies and yachts) to help support and control a variety of headsails, particularly the spinnaker....

spinnaker. On running the spinnaker is angled for maximum drag, with the spinnaker pole at right angles to the apparent wind. The symmetric spinnaker...

symmetric spinnaker, the asymmetric does not require a spinnaker pole, since it is fixed (tacked) to the bow or bowsprit. The asymmetrical spinnaker has a...

sailboat. On a modern sloop-rigged sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker, the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys. There...

carried between the spinnaker and the mainsail on racing yachts), the genoa staysail (a larger one carried inside the spinnaker when broad reaching)...

sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker, the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys. Utility poles are buried in the ground...

Middle Low German word bōchsprēt – bōch meaning "bow" and sprēt meaning "pole". It is sometimes used to hold up the figurehead. "Bowsprit". Dictionary...

– spinnaker  4 – hull  5 – keel  6 – rudder  7 – skeg  8 – mast  9 – Spreader  10 – shroud  11 – sheet  12 – boom  13 - mast  14 – spinnaker pole  15...

be fashioned. Additionally, anything salvageable, such as a spar or spinnaker pole, could be adapted to carry a makeshift sail. Ships typically carried...

of the mast used to rig the spinnaker pole. It is used to trim the pole to the proper height when hoisting the spinnaker.[citation needed] "Weather 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...

than around thirty feet, the spinnaker will also be fitted with guys, which are similar to sheets but control the pole instead of the sail. On smaller...

system were inoperable. Ashcraft rigged a makeshift sail from a broken spinnaker pole and a storm jib (a triangular sail) and fashioned a pump to drain the...

moved or replaced often, such as a sailor's harness tether or to attach spinnaker sheets. Note: When this type of shackle is used to release a significant...

racing event for the 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and symmetric spinnaker which are considered more suitable for match racing. Sailing...

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boat, a death roll is the act of broaching to windward, putting the spinnaker pole into the water and causing a crash-jibe of the boom and mainsail, which...

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region. The boat is fractionally rigged, with a conventional spinnaker pole and symmetric spinnaker. An unusual feature of the rig, required for class racing...

sheet is attached is called the clew, and the corner attached to the spinnaker pole is referred to as the tack. Tack – The tack is the corner on a fore-and-aft...

boat while the jib is pulled to the other side of the boat. If a spinnaker is up, its pole will have to be manually moved to the other side, to remain opposite...

sail. The most common downhaul on a modern sailboat is attached to the spinnaker pole, though this may be referred to as the foreguy in some rigging nomenclature...

– spinnaker  4 – hull  5 – keel  6 – rudder  7 – skeg  8 – mast  9 – Spreader  10 – shroud  11 – sheet  12 – boom  13 - mast  14 – spinnaker pole  15...

sheet is attached is called the clew, and the corner attached to the spinnaker pole is referred to as the tack. On a square sail underway, the tack is the...

winds; in high wind, a smaller jib is usually substituted, and downwind a spinnaker may be used. The term jib is the generic term for any of an assortment...

Bowsprit sprit topmast Dolphin striker Jackstaff Jibboom Pelican striker On mast Boom Boomkin Gaff Truck Crosstrees Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Yard...

Bowsprit sprit topmast Dolphin striker Jackstaff Jibboom Pelican striker On mast Boom Boomkin Gaff Truck Crosstrees Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Yard...

Bowsprit sprit topmast Dolphin striker Jackstaff Jibboom Pelican striker On mast Boom Boomkin Gaff Truck Crosstrees Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Yard...

– spinnaker  4 – hull  5 – keel  6 – rudder  7 – skeg  8 – mast  9 – Spreader  10 – shroud  11 – sheet  12 – boom  13 - mast  14 – spinnaker pole  15...

Bowsprit sprit topmast Dolphin striker Jackstaff Jibboom Pelican striker On mast Boom Boomkin Gaff Truck Crosstrees Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Yard...