- it (in
which case it
would be
called a
fore-and-aft rig or a
fore-and-aft
rigged sail) ; a
square rigged topsail is
nearly always trapezoidal in shape...
-
being shorter than the mainmast. A
common variant, the
topsail schooner also has a
square topsail on the foremast, to
which may be
added a topgallant. Differing...
- families. The
Topsails takes its name from the
surrounding landscape which includes Main
Topsail,
Mizzen Topsail, Gaff
Topsail and
Fore Topsail which are...
- 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...
-
Chesapeake suffered heavily in the
exchange of gunfire,
having her
wheel and
fore topsail halyard shot away,
rendering her unmanoeuvrable.
Lawrence himself was...
-
stood the strain. We lost two
brand new
topgallant sails and one
lower fore topsail. A
tremendous sea was
running and
needs must we
carry on or be ****ed...
-
clewed down, and
hauled out the reef-tackles again, and close-reefed the
fore-
topsail, and
furled the main, and hove her to on the
starboard tack. Here was...
- Like many of
those schooners, she
carries a raffee, a square-rigged
fore topsail which is
triangular in shape. In
designing the
Denis ****van, architects...
- (15 m) waves.
Orders were
given to drop the
fore topsail and
release sheets (ropes)
holding both
topsails angled into the wind.
Before the captain's order...
-
sails (from
bottom to top): (fore, main, mizzen) ...sail,
lower topsail,
upper topsail, topgallant, royal, skysail. In the late 19th and
early 20th centuries...
