bowsprit

Example Sentences

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He was napping with radar alarms on when the two boats struck, tearing his sail, breaking one of his hydrofoils and ripping off his bowsprit.

From New York Times

The hull is around 66 feet in length, and 16 feet at its widest point, tapering to an 8-foot long bowsprit.

From Washington Times

The sandbaggers are shallow, 28 feet long with a 10-foot bowsprit.

From Washington Post

Using toothpicks or wooden sticks from cotton swabs, make masts, booms and the spar extending from the vessel’s front prow, which is called the bowsprit.

From New York Times

So he has spent many hours in a small, homemade cradle under the bowsprit of a fishing boat, while the crew tracks the turtles’ paths as they dive.

From New York Times