Pelican striker

Pelican striker is a small vertical spar or pyramid arrangement attached to the top of the crossbar joining the two bows of a catamaran. Its purpose is to resist the upward pressure on the centre of the crossbar where the forestay is attached.

Sails, spars and rigging
Rigs	Bermuda rig Cat rig Full rig Gaff rig Junk rig Ljungström rig Mast aft rig
Sail types	Asymmetrical spinnaker Junk sail Lug sail Parafoil Ringtail Spinnaker Turbosail Rotorsail Wingsail
Sails (sail plan)	Blooper Course Crab claw Driver Extra Fisherman Foresail Genoa Gennaker Jib Lateen Mainsail Moonraker Royal Skysail Screecher Spanker Spinnaker Spritsail Staysail Studding Topgallant Topsail Trysail Watersail
Sail components	Batten Bolt rope Clew Draft Foot Head Head (triangular sail) Jackline Leech Luff Reefing points Roach Tack Throat Peak Dacron Technora Kevlar Twaron
Spars	Boom Bowsprit Boomkin Dolphin striker a/k/a Martingale Pelican striker Fore-mast Gaff Jackstaff Jibboom Jigger-mast Jury rigging Main-mast Mast Mizzen-mast Truck Spinnaker pole Spreader Sprit Topmast Yard
Rigging types and components	Backstay Block Bobstay Boomkicker Braces Buntlines Chainplates Cleat Clevis pin Clewlines Cunningham Deadeye Downhaul Earing Fairlead Forestay Gasket Gooseneck Gunter Guy Halyard Kicker Lazy jack Outhaul Parrel beads Peak Preventer Ratlines Roller furling Running rigging Shackle Spinnaker chute Standing rigging Sheet Shroud Stay mouse Stays Throat Topping lift Trapeze Traveller Turnbuckle Vang Windex

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