10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHISKER BOOM»
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1
The New International Encyclopædia
... of the whisker-boom and then to the forccastle rail. When two sails are set
between the foretopmast-staysail and jib they are called inner and outer jibs. '
The jib netting is a network with meshes 4 to 6 inches across, which is placed
under the ...
2
The New international encyclopaedia
It leads from the head of the latter to the end nf the whisker boom and then to the
forecastle rail. When two sails are set between the fore-topmast stay and jib stay,
they are called inner and outer jibs. The jib netting is a network with meshes 4 to
...
Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams, Irwin Scofield Guernsey, 1922
3
Young Sailor's Assistant in Practical Seamanship: Including ...
They shackle to the eyes, on each side of the band or wythe on jib-boom, lead to,
and fit over, the end of each whisker-boom with a horse-shoe cringle. They set up
with laniards and hearts, well aft on the bows, or to the cat-heads. How does ...
108 and PLAN VIEW or JIBBOOM BACKROPLS FiG.no \,WHISKER-BOOM GUY (
BO-LINK CHAIN) ^EYEPINS 110) and up to an eyepin in the bow just below the
jibstay. The foreroyal stay. No. 2, leads in the same way under the lower port ...
When hollow iron or steel spars replaced Whisker boom wood, the bowsprit was
made longer and the jib-boom dispensed with. The martingale was shortened or
vanished altogether. In older ships the cathead (so called because a lion's head
...
6
Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of ...
... and one eye underneath for the flying martingale. Reeve the end of the flying
martingale through a sheave in the end of the dolphin striker, and the guys
through the holes (or thimbles) at the whisker-boom ends. Reeve also the flying-
jib and ...
Stephen Bleecker Luce, Aaron Ward, 1884
7
Engineering precedents for steam machinery: embracing the ...
... Lower Steering-sail Yard Fore Top-mast Steering-sail Boom Fore Top mast
Steering-sail Yard Fore Top-gallant Steering-sail Boom Fore Top-gallant Steering
-sail Yard Main Top gallant Steering-sail Boom Dolphin Striker Whisker Boom.
Benjamin Franklin Isherwood, 1859
8
an outline of ship building, theoretical and practical
theodore d. wilson. 82. Tables of Dimensions. Nos. 9 and 10. 83. Tables on
Dimensions. Nos. 11 and 12. 84. Tables MAST AND SPAK-MAKING-. 349. *
BOWSPRIT. DOLPHIN-STRIKER AND WHISKER-BOOM. No. Length. DlAM.
9
The Sailor's Illustrated Dictionary
Also whisker boom. whisker pole n. A spar used on sailboats to hold the headsail
to windward when sailing wing and wing. whiskers n. Crosstrees on a bowsprit.
Whiskey n. Phonetic word for the letter "W." Used as a single-letter signal, ...
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Ultimate Visual Dictionary
Iib boom Whisker boom Upper deadeye Lower deadeye Butterfly plate Chain
plate block Martingale (dolphin striker) Martingale backrope Chain bobstay Eye
plate lug Handle Parallel shaft OTHER RIGGING FITTINGS MAST BAND
BELAYING ...
