"Thom Stewart" wrote
| No Peter, I can't ever remembering seeing a "Saddle" used but there are
| many things I hasn't seen.


And many more you can't remember seeing. Too much hard liquor kills the ole memory.

The saddle is the thing on the business end of the gaff and the boom that straddles
the mast. It's usually made of wood and takes the place of the gooseneck.

Paladin
(Have Blue Water Yacht - Will Travel)



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