Riding Boom

| View Cart ⇗ | Info

“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

Keywords

Pole, sailboat, sailing, sails, vessel, lift, Spar, outhaul, riding boom, fore and aft, rigged sail, boat boom, goose-neck, fore-rigging, life-line, rope ladder, after-boom guy, sail ropes, rope types

Galleries

Wind-Powered

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

Downloads

TIFF (full resolution)

2400×1538, 416.3 KiB

Large GIF

1024×656, 54.1 KiB

Medium GIF

640×410, 27.8 KiB

Small GIF

320×205, 10.4 KiB