- 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...
- square-rigged
sails including a crossjack,
topsail, save-all
topsail, and top
gallant sail, as well as a gaff-rigged
topsail on the main mast and a jib and flying...
- 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...
-
celebrations of
which HMS
Victory was
centre stage for the event. Victory's
fore topsail was
severely damaged during the
Battle of Trafalgar,
perforated by upwards...
-
mizzen topsail (and
therefore that its
mizzen mast has a
topsail yard and a cross-jack yard)
whereas the
mizzen mast of a
barque has only
fore-and-aft...
-
sails (from
bottom to top): (fore, main, mizzen) ...sail,
lower topsail,
upper topsail, topgallant, royal, skysail. In the late 19th and
early 20th centuries...
