Asternpost is the upright structural member or post at theaft end of aship or aboat,[1][2] to which are attached thetransoms and the rearmost part of thestern.[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'skeel.[1]
Traditionally, therudder was suspended from the sternpost, and thepropellers 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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