Xebecs had a long overhanging bowsprit and aft-set mizzen mast. The jib topsail a staysail set between the topmast and the bowsprit. Between the fore mast and the bowsprit are the fore staysail, jib, and flying jib. Asymmetrical spinnaker that flies from a retractable bowsprit. The refit converted the vessel into an iron-hulled barquentine with three masts and a bowsprit. Further, the waves leveled upwind hooks, water backstay, and krambal backstay on bowsprit. The jib is self-tending and mounted on a bowsprit. It had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle, forecastle and bowsprit at the stem. They had a high rounded stern with large aftcastle, forecastle and bowsprit at the stem. A sloop may use a bowsprit, a spar that projects forward from the bow. By LOA they meant length excluding bowsprit and aft spar. In this traditional definition a sloop could have multiple jibs on a fixed bowsprit. Five jibs are fixed to the bowsprit. For sailing ships, this may "exclude" the bowsprit and other fittings added to the hull. "Chesapeake" undertook repairs of a rotted bowsprit.