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What is a pole in the middle of a sailboat that hold up the sails?
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∙ 12y ago
It is called mast.
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A pole in the middle of a sailboat that holds up sails?
It is called the mast
What pole is in the middle of a sailboat and holds up the sails?
The pole you are referring to is called the mast. If the boat only has one mast it is usually not in the middle of the boat but is normally found in the forward third of the boat.
What is the pole in the middle of a sailboat?
Do you mean the mast?
A pole in the middle of a sailboat?
Is called a mast
What is a pole on a sailboat that holds the sails called?
Masts, or see: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_ship_poles_calledfor a more indepth answer.
What is the pole on a sailboat?
a pole on a sailboat is a mast
What is a pole in the middle of a sailboat that holds up the sail called?
Mast
What are the poles called that are on a sailboat that holds the sails?
Mast (vertical, leading edge of sail), Boom (horizontal,bottom of sail), and a spinnaker pole if you use a spinnaker which is a sail type
What is a pole on a sale boat?
The pole on a sailboat is called the mast.
What is the tall pole on which the sails of a ship are hung?
The mast
What is the pole on a sailboat that holds the sails?
on most boats today there is one verticle "pole", the mast. one horizontal "pole" the boom. on older boats like scows and optimists the diagonal pole is called the sprit. there can also be a spinnaker pole which you clip onto the mast to hold out the spinnaker on a run or a reech. on a asymmetric boat the spinnie pole is pulled out when the spinnie is raised, you cann't and shouldn't clip it onto the mast.
What is the definition of mast?
A pole on a boat that holds spars or sails.
