A bowsprit is a projecting beam or spar located at the bow (front) of a boat, typically extending forward beyond the hull. It serves several purposes, including providing support for the forward sails, such as the jib or genoa, and allowing for better sail shape and performance. Additionally, the bowsprit can enhance the vessel's stability and maneuverability, particularly in larger sailing ships.
At the bow
it is a boat that has beentipped
A bobstay
Bowsprit tortoise was created in 1812.
The crew atempted maintaining the bowsprit.
A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.
A single-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailing boat with a short standing bowsprit or none at all and a single headsail set from the forestay.
a pole is used on symmetrical boats, or a boat that has the spinnaker, or kite, out in front of it. An A-Symmetrical boat puts the spinnaker to the side. A-Symmetrical boats use a bowsprit to hold the sail out in front of the boat, but Symmetricals use a pole. it clips onto the mast of the boat, and the other ends holds the sail.
the bowsprit on a sailing ship
Belaying pins and bowsprit figureheads.
The Bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a pole or spar extending forward from the vessel's prow, providing an anchor point for the forestays and allowing the fore-mast to be stepped farther forward on the hull
The bow. Or perhaps the bowsprit.