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In sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, a spar is a round pole of wood
Timber

Timber may refer to:* Lumber, i.e. wood materials* Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Oregon* Timber , a 1984 arcade game by Bally Midway...
 or metal
Metal

In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....
 used on a sailing ship
Sailing ship

Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large wind-powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a full rigged ship of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant....
. In modern usage it often refers to the mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
, but historically the term was used more broadly to refer to the various boom
Boom (sailing)

In sailing, a boom is a spar , along the Parts of a sail#The edges of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail....
s, gaff
Gaff

Gaff may refer to:Utensils:* Gaff , hooked pole* Gaff, cockfighting#Regional variations* Gaff, club-like Norwegian seal-hunting hakapik...
s, yards, etc., of heavily "sparred" wooden ships.

Spars of all types are used in the rigging
Rigging

Rigging is, on sailboats and sailing ships, the collection of apparatus through which the force of the wind is transferred to the ship in order to propel it forward....
 of sailing vessels to resist compressive
Compressive stress

Compressive stress is the stress applied to materials resulting in their compaction . When a material is subjected to compressive stress, then this material is under physical compression....
 and bending
Bending

In engineering mechanics, bending characterizes the behavior of a structural element subjected to an external Structural load applied perpendicular to the axis of the element....
 forces, and to provide support for the sail
Sail

A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind—in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing....
s.

Wooden ships from the age of sail
Age of Sail

The Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid 19th century....
 often carried many extra spars of all types for repairs while at sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
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In sailing
Sailing

Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
, a spar is a round pole of wood
Timber

Timber may refer to:* Lumber, i.e. wood materials* Timber, Oregon, an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Oregon* Timber , a 1984 arcade game by Bally Midway...
 or metal
Metal

In chemistry, a metal is a chemical element whose atoms readily lose electrons to form positive ions , and form metallic bonds between other metal atoms and ionic bonds between nonmetal atoms....
 used on a sailing ship
Sailing ship

Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large wind-powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a full rigged ship of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant....
. In modern usage it often refers to the mast
Mast (sailing)

The mast of a sailing ship is a tall, vertical, or near vertical, spar, or arrangement of spars, which supports the sails. Large ships have several masts, with the size and configuration depending on the style of ship....
, but historically the term was used more broadly to refer to the various boom
Boom (sailing)

In sailing, a boom is a spar , along the Parts of a sail#The edges of a fore and aft rigged sail, that greatly improves control of the angle and shape of the sail....
s, gaff
Gaff

Gaff may refer to:Utensils:* Gaff , hooked pole* Gaff, cockfighting#Regional variations* Gaff, club-like Norwegian seal-hunting hakapik...
s, yards, etc., of heavily "sparred" wooden ships.

Spars of all types are used in the rigging
Rigging

Rigging is, on sailboats and sailing ships, the collection of apparatus through which the force of the wind is transferred to the ship in order to propel it forward....
 of sailing vessels to resist compressive
Compressive stress

Compressive stress is the stress applied to materials resulting in their compaction . When a material is subjected to compressive stress, then this material is under physical compression....
 and bending
Bending

In engineering mechanics, bending characterizes the behavior of a structural element subjected to an external Structural load applied perpendicular to the axis of the element....
 forces, and to provide support for the sail
Sail

A sail is any type of surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind—in essence a vertically-oriented wing. Sails are used in sailing....
s.

Wooden ships from the age of sail
Age of Sail

The Age of Sail was the period in which international trade and naval warfare were dominated by sailing ships, lasting from the 16th to the mid 19th century....
 often carried many extra spars of all types for repairs while at sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
. The spar deck of a frigate
Frigate

A frigate is a warship. The term has been used for warships of many sizes and roles over the past few centuries.In the 18th century, the term referred to ships which were as long as a ship-of-the-line and were square rig on all three masts , but were faster and with lighter armament, used for patrolling and escort....
 was so named because it was used to carry spare spars.