Engineering:Beitass

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Short description: Viking ship part

A beitass, or a stretching pole, is a wooden spar used on Viking ships that was fitted into a pocket at the lower corner of the sail. This innovation was used to stiffen and hold the edge of the sail when sailing close to the wind.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Glossary of Viking Words". http://www.alisons-world.net/vglossary.html. 
  2. ↑ Grambs, David (1993). Did I Say Something Wrong?. Penguin Group. pp. 75. ISBN 0-452-26831-1. 
  3. ↑ Gedney, Elias. Ships and Navigation of the SCA Period. East Kingdom Guild of St Erasmus. pp. 11. http://members.iconn.net/~gedney/Docs/ShipsandNavigationoftheSCAPeriod.pdf. 



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