Sternpost

A sternpost is the upright structural member or post at the aft end of a ship or a boat,^[1]^[2] to which are attached the transoms and the rearmost part of the stern.^[3]

The sternpost may either be completely vertical or may be tilted or "raked" slightly aft.^[4] It rests on or "fays to" the ship's keel.^[1]

Traditionally, the rudder was suspended from the sternpost, and the propellers descended from it.^[1]^[2] With changes in how these are positioned, in modern shipbuilding vessels are often not considered to have a sternpost.^[1]

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