sternpost

We had to replace a couple of planks under the water, the sternpost and most of the intermediate frames, says Mr. Barker, adding that fortunately much of the hull and hatches were salvageable.

For Fixer-Uppers, It's All Hands on Deck Christine Pirovolakis 2011

Luke discovered there were stories floating around that a few remnants of a giant sternpost and transom of an ancient ship had been discovered the previous century, buried somewhere along the banks of the Sacramento or American river.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

Luke discovered there were stories floating around that a few remnants of a giant sternpost and transom of an ancient ship had been discovered the previous century, buried somewhere along the banks of the Sacramento or American river.

In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

Mr. Blanky began moving forward to the port side of the long tent covering, carrying his shotgun in his right hand and the lantern he'd lifted off the sternpost in his left.

The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

The ‘Endurance’ groaned and quivered as her starboard quarter was forced against the floe, twisting the sternpost and starting the heads and ends of planking.

South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006

The men in the Trojan vanguard might have tried to push their way onto the enemy ships or at least to hoist themselves up high enough to grab the ornament off the sternpost as a trophy.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

The men in the Trojan vanguard might have tried to push their way onto the enemy ships or at least to hoist themselves up high enough to grab the ornament off the sternpost as a trophy.

The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

There was the faintest scraping on the port side, as if the hull had run against the edge of a sandbar or a rock, and then another cannon shell exploded into the water less than five rods directly aft of the sternpost.

Wellspring of Chaos Modesitt, L. E. 2004

Communication by sea was improved by the Lateen sail, in use in Italy in the 11th century, and by the sternpost rudder compass and the astrolabe, about which Europeans learned from the Muslims.

3. Western Europe and the Age of the Cathedrals, 1000-1300 2001

A flat wooden shape fitted on the sternpost by pintles and gudgeons. run Point of sail with the wind aft.

Sailing Fundamentals Gary Jobson 1998