bowsprit

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Fast and agile, he had a superior vertical leap and used his 7-foot-4 wingspan to block shots with his arm outstretched like a bowsprit.

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He was napping with radar alarms on when the two boats struck, tearing his sail, breaking one of his hydrofoils and ripping off his bowsprit.

From New York Times

Everyone on board drowns, except for one man who rescues himself by leaping up and grabbing the ship’s bowsprit:

From Washington Post

The hull is around 66 feet in length, and 16 feet at its widest point, tapering to an 8-foot long bowsprit.

From Washington Times

The sandbaggers are shallow, 28 feet long with a 10-foot bowsprit.

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