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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: on gaff.. BranShea #185169 06/05/09 12:45 PM Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 L Lyndamj stranger Lyndamj stranger L Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 What happened to the use of the word "gaff" as a type of sailboat rigging wherein the mainsail is squared off by the use of three spars rather that the usual two. The three spars are the mast, boom and GAFF. This enables the mainsail to be much larger that the three-sided sail. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted on gaff.. BranShea 06/05/09 11:41 AM Re: on gaff.. Lyndamj 06/05/09 12:45 PM Re: on gaff.. catscatscats 06/05/09 01:15 PM Re: on gaff.. maxmetro 06/05/09 02:45 PM Re: on gaff.. zmjezhd 06/05/09 04:12 PM Re: on gaff.. Buffalo Shrdlu 06/05/09 04:23 PM Re: on gaff.. zmjezhd 06/05/09 04:31 PM Re: on gaff.. LukeJavan8 06/07/09 03:31 AM Re: on gaff.. zmjezhd 06/07/09 04:55 AM Re: on gaff.. olly 06/07/09 05:17 AM Re: on gaff.. EmmetG 06/07/09 05:10 PM Re: on gaff.. tsuwm 06/07/09 06:47 PM Re: on gaff.. Jackie 06/08/09 02:28 AM Re: on gaff.. olly 06/09/09 12:02 AM Re: on gaff.. zmjezhd 06/09/09 01:13 AM Re: on gaff.. olly 06/09/09 10:47 AM Re: on gaff.. PastorVon 06/21/09 11:36 PM Re: on gaff.. zmjezhd 06/22/09 12:19 AM Re: on gaff.. LukeJavan8 06/09/09 11:06 PM Re: on gaff.. Faldage 06/10/09 10:38 AM Re: on gaff.. Buffalo Shrdlu 06/10/09 12:30 PM Re: on gaff.. LukeJavan8 06/15/09 02:20 PM Re: on gaff.. Faldage 06/16/09 10:21 AM Re: on gaff.. latishya 06/16/09 10:23 AM Re: on gaff.. Faldage 06/16/09 10:31 AM Re: on gaff.. latishya 06/16/09 10:33 AM Re: on gaff.. Faldage 06/16/09 10:43 AM Re: on gaff.. Jackie 06/18/09 02:55 AM Re: on gaff.. Zed 06/18/09 04:24 AM Re: on gaff.. Sandman 06/07/09 05:12 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,347 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 818 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 21 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,548 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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