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spanker-boom

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6 months ago chained_bear said:

"...a tolerably dismal sight—jib-boom, spritsail yard and bumpkins carried away, bowsprit and foreyard sprung, and spanker-boom broken, together with a great deal of cordage..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Letter of Marque, 68

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