Spinnaker (disambiguation)

Spinnaker (disambiguation)

A spinnaker is a type of sail.

Spinnaker can also refer to:

*"The Spinnaker", the official student newspaper of the University of North Florida
*Spinnaker Tower, a building in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
*Spinnaker Software, a former software company
*Spinnaker, also known as the 'brain box', a computer project at the University of Manchester overseen by Steve Furber

ee also

*Spinnaker Island


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