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Thread #94585   Message #1833544
Posted By: Les from Hull
13-Sep-06 - 11:11 AM
Thread Name: Maui: stuns'l booms
Subject: RE: Maui: stuns'l booms
Charley Noble it's Pride II

In all my references (including the very comprehensive 'Seamanship in the Age of Sail' by John Harland) they are called booms. A boom is usually something for holding something else out or for fending something else off.