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--14dae93405b342513504cac2a262 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes Great thread! The yardarm is that part of the yard outboard of the slings used to attach the yard to the mast. The bunt of the yard is between the slings. Not to be contentious or confusing - I'm certainly no pro - but In my moderate experience recreational sailing and as a high school/college student running the tender in a fair sized east coast yacht club/marina, I've heard the term spar used generically to denote any pole, vertical or horizontal -- mast, boom, gaff, spinnaker pole etc - used to support a sail. I've also heard the term 'mast' used interchangeably with 'pole' and 'stick'. And for a definitive education on all things nautical in the great age of sail you can't do any better than the Aubrey/Maturin series by the late great Patrick O'Brian - part of which(The Surgeons Mate I believe) is set in Halifax. Outstanding read and perfect for long winter nights! --14dae93405b342513504cac2a262 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Great thread!<br /><br />The yardarm is that part of the yard outboard of t= he slings used to attach the yard to the mast. The bunt of the yard is bet= ween the slings.<br /><br />Not to be contentious or confusing - I'm ce= rtainly no pro - but In my moderate experience recreational sailing and as = a high school/college student running the tender in a fair sized east coast= yacht club/marina, I've heard the term spar used generically to denote= any pole, vertical or horizontal -- mast, boom, gaff, spinnaker pole etc -= used to support a sail. I've also heard the term 'mast' used = interchangeably with 'pole' and 'stick'.<br /><br />And for= a definitive education on all things nautical in the great age of sail you= can't do any better than the Aubrey/Maturin series by the late great P= atrick O'Brian - part of which(The Surgeons Mate I believe) is set in H= alifax. Outstanding read and perfect for long winter nights! --14dae93405b342513504cac2a262--
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