Spar
Any kind of round wood is called a spar in the sailor's language .
Examples of spars in the rigging of a sailing ship are Rahe , gaff , tree , bowsprit , jib boom , topmast etc. They often serve to attach the sail and recording the force acting on the sails wind forces. On modern sailing ships or yachts , spars are made of different materials; for example made of aluminum or CFRP .
As a navigation mark, they appear both as spar barrels and as individual poles on firm ground. Furthermore, the spar gave its name to the spar torpedoes .
literature
- Conteradmiral Freiherr von Sterneck, rigging and anchor customer, Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna, 1873, page 113
- Heinrich von Littrow, Manual of Seamanship, Carl Gerold's Sohn printing works, Vienna 1859, page 36