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Riding Boom
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Description: "Riding-boom. A boat-boom or long spar working in a hinge or goose-neck, designed to be lowered from abreast the fore-rigging to a horizontal position at right angles with the keel of the vessel ... a, life-line; b, lift; c, riding-boom; d, rope ladder; e, outhaul; f, after-boom guy." -Whitney, 1911
Source: Whitney, William Dwight The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York: The Century Co., 1911) 8: supplement, richmondite - rifle
Keywords: riding boom, sailing, sailboat, spar, pole, fore and aft, rigged sail, sails, vessel, boat boom, goose-neck, fore-rigging, life-line, lift, rope ladder, outhaul, after-boom guy, sail ropes, rope types
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