Friday, April 11, 2008

Bluenose Loses Her Nose

The bowsprit or boltsprit, of a sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow. It provides an anchor point for the forestay(s), allowing the fore-mast to be stepped further forward on the hull.

Today, it is gone. That "thingie" in the foreground attaches to the mast.

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