- topsails. The main
topmast carries the
upper end of the main-
topmast-staysail; a mizzen-
topmast may
carry the equivalent. The
fore-
topmast will
carry a staysail...
-
furthest afore, it may be
rigged to the bowsprit. Sections:
fore-mast lower,
fore topmast,
fore topgallant mast Main-mast: the
tallest mast,
usually located...
- the
fore-
topmast staysail, forestaysail, and foresail. For
staysails between the
foremast and the
mainmast (from
bottom to top): main, main-
topmast, main-topgallant...
- quarterdeck.
fore-
topmast stay goes to the end of the bowsprit, a
little beyond the forestay, on
which the
fore-
topmast staysail runs on hanks. main-
topmast stay...
- A
fore-and-aft rig is a
sailing vessel rig with
sails set
mainly along the line of the keel,
rather than
perpendicular to it as on a
square rigged vessel...
- set on
stays running from the
fore topmast to the bowsprit, or the
fore topgallant mast to the
jibboom or even the
fore royal mast to the
flying jibboom...
- order, are:
Fore-mast — the mast
nearest the bow, or the mast
forward of the main-mast with sections:
fore-mast lower,
fore topmast, and
fore topgallant...
- most)
fore topmast staysail (or
foretop stay),
inner jib,
outer jib and
flying jib. Many of the jibs'
stays meet the
foremast just
above the
fore topgallant...
-
disguised the
schooner by
taking down the "squaresail
yards and the
fore topmast",
hoping to p**** as a "coaster"
carrying African captives within the...
- and
Defence were
unable to
immediately pursue.
Defence had lost its
fore topmast and an
improvised fireship that
drifted through the
battle narrowly missed...
