# Sternpost

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{{Short description|Vertical structure at the aft of a boat}}

right|270px|thumb|Side elevation of a sailing ship with the sternpost highlighted
A '''sternpost''' is the upright structural member or post at the [aft](/source/aft) end of a [ship](/source/ship) or a [boat](/source/boat),<ref name="oxford"/><ref name="hovgaard"/> to which are attached the [transom](/source/transom_(nautical))s and the rearmost part of the [stern](/source/stern).<ref name="ansted"/>

The sternpost may either be completely vertical or may be tilted or "raked" slightly aft.<ref name="marett"/>  It rests on or "fays to" the ship's [keel](/source/keel).<ref name="oxford"/> 

Traditionally, the [rudder](/source/rudder) was suspended from the sternpost, and the [propeller](/source/propeller)s descended from it.<ref name="oxford"/><ref name="hovgaard"/> With changes in how these are positioned, in modern shipbuilding vessels are often not considered to have a sternpost.<ref name="oxford"/>

==See also==
{{Wiktionary|sternpost}}
* [Boat building](/source/Boat_building)
* [Shipbuilding](/source/Shipbuilding)

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="oxford">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=sternpost |encyclopedia=The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea |publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) |date=2006 |editor-last1=Kemp |editor-first1=Dear  |editor-last2=Kemp |editor-first2=Peter |edition=2 |isbn=9780199205684}}</ref>
<ref name="hovgaard">{{cite book |last1=Hovgaard |first1=William |title=Structural Design of Warships |date=1915 |publisher=E. & F. N. Spon, Limited |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="ansted">{{cite book |last1=Ansted |first1=A |title=A Dictionary of Sea Terms |language=en |date=1919}}</ref>
<ref name="marett">{{cite book |last1=Marett |first1=P. R. |title=Yachts and yacht building |publisher=E. & F. N. Spon |language=en |date=1872}}</ref>
}}

{{Sailing ship elements}}

Category:Watercraft components

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