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Bowsprit and Spritsail
12017-10-30T07:32:20-07:00Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165e231252plain2017-10-30T07:36:54-07:00Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165eThe bowsprit protrudes from the bow of the ship in order to allow larger sails to be attached to the vessel. On more modern sailing ships, a 'sprit' sail is a four-sided sail on a small vessel such as a river barge. On a ship of the early eighteenth century, however, it is the square sail located below the bowsprit.
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12017-10-30T07:30:57-07:00Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165eMisson Part iv Bowsprit3Bowsprit and Spritsail [1660?] http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/141671.htmlmedia/Misson part iv Bowsprit.jpgplain2017-10-31T10:21:43-07:00National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 2007Elissa DeFalcoe547f2c706898ac61284a88103735048ea3a165e
