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They also have a retractablebowspritthat extends a spinnaker-genoa kite two or more meters beyond the bow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vessels are sorted by ship length includingbowsprit, if known.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Using abowspritallows the size of the gennaker to be a much larger sail than would be possible with a symmetrical spinnaker.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The traditional spinnaker is replaced with a gennaker that is set on an extensiblebowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There may also be abowspritpossibly extended by a jib-boom, which extends forward past the bow.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The vessel, as built, had a length (not includingbowsprit) of, a beam of, and a depth of.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After her conversion into a training ship she measured 57.8m ftin in overall length, 46.1m ftin without thebowsprit, and 9.17m ftin in width.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle, forecastle andbowspritat the stem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Staysails may be carried between any other mast and the one in front of it or from the foremast to thebowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Standing rigging is placed under tension to keep the various spars (mast,bowsprit) securely in position and adequately braced to handle loads induced by sails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They all have a full keel, an elliptical stern and abowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Until the mid-1700s, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically "above" the fore end of thebowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is currently missing her masts andbowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a cutter rig, the jib or jibs are flown from stays in front of the forestay, perhaps going from the masthead to abowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Unlike a spinnaker, the asymmetric does not require a spinnaker pole, since it is fixed to the bow orbowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She is clinker-built and was schooner rigged with abowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She was in length overall (excluding thebowsprit), with a beam of and a depth of.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.One or more spritsails may also be set on booms set athwart and below thebowsprit.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hope is long, including thebowsprit, and at the waterline.
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