Haltebaum

English translation: mooring arm

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German term or phrase:Haltebaum
English translation:mooring arm
Entered by: Steve Yates

10:02 Dec 8, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
German term or phrase: Haltebaum
From a description of a new mooring system for yachts etc.

"Zwei Haltebäume bilden mit der Yacht ein stabiles Prisma."

Presumably these are the things on the dock that you attach your mooring lines to. Any sailors out there?
Steve Yates
Local time: 06:15
mooring arm
Explanation:
These are rigid arms that join the boat to the pontoon/jetty when the boat is moored. One is normally attached to the bow and the other to the stern when the boat is parallel to the pontoon, although I have also seen a pair attached either side of the stern to form a triangular shape with the pontoon (the boat was moored at right angles to the main pontoon.)
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Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 07:15
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Having finally found a photo, this fits the bill perfectly. Thanks to everyone.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2mooring arm
Sarah Bessioud
3mooring beam
Languageman
2holding boom
Jonathan MacKerron
Summary of reference entries provided
boom crutch?
Ingeborg Gowans (X)

Discussion entries: 3





  

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holding boom


Explanation:
gets the odd google in this regard

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-12-08 10:13:59 GMT)
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retaining boom

Jonathan MacKerron
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mooring beam


Explanation:
Certainly not a sailor, but this term would seem to fit the bill.

Ref: http://www.a-laiturit.fi/Product Cataloque.pdf (p 34), but also a translation I suspect.

I also thought of "mooring boom", but on Googling this term most of the references seemed to lead to floating booms. Still, I think it could be adapted for your purposes if it's clear from the context that a rigid, dockside structure is meant.

Languageman
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:15
Native speaker of: English
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mooring arm


Explanation:
These are rigid arms that join the boat to the pontoon/jetty when the boat is moored. One is normally attached to the bow and the other to the stern when the boat is parallel to the pontoon, although I have also seen a pair attached either side of the stern to form a triangular shape with the pontoon (the boat was moored at right angles to the main pontoon.)


    Reference: http://www.boatownersworld.com/shm/moor_arms.htm
Sarah Bessioud
Germany
Local time: 07:15
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Having finally found a photo, this fits the bill perfectly. Thanks to everyone.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Tyson: Yes, I found this earlier whilst googling around, and now Steve's description of the photo makes it pretty defintite.
13 mins
  -> Thanks Tom

agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): then I can see that this would be correct, if it jives with the photo. Will retract my suggestion
51 mins
  -> Thank you Ingeborg
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: boom crutch?

Reference information:
boom crutch [büm ‚krəch]
(naval architecture)
A movable prop for supporting the free end of the boom of a ship when it is not being used.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
without an illustration, I am not sure whether this is meant here, but may be a solution

Ingeborg Gowans (X)
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