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traditional ships, the
****tock shrouds can be used to gain
access to the tops.
Sailors ascend ratlines on the
ordinary shrouds until nearly at the top...
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shroud will
connect at the top of the mast, and
additional shrouds might connect partway down the mast,
depending on the
design of the boat.
Shrouds terminate...
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crosstrees produces a
useful platform, the top. The
****tock shrouds carry the load of the
upper shrouds into the mast below. At the
upper end of the topmast...
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called a "top", or cross-wise beams,
called "crosstrees", and anc****d
****tock shrouds from
below that led to the
lower mast. Each
additional mast segment...
- mast.
Although on many
ships the only way
round was the
overhanging ****tock shrouds, modern-day tall
ships often provide an
easier vertical ladder from...
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lower shrouds. They
carry the load of the
shrouds that rise from the edge of the top,
preventing the top from
tilting relative to the mast.
****tock The...
- see better,
Farragut climbed the ship's
rigging until he
reached the
****tock shrouds under the main top.
Fearing for his safety, the crew
lashed him to...
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vertical "jacob's ladder" down to the ratlines,
rather than
inverted ****tock shrouds.
There is a gold
sovereign placed under the
foremast where it meets...
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crossed the mast
where the boy
transferred to the
outward leaning ****tock shrouds to
reach the edge of the platform,
which protruded 10 feet (3.0 m)...
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bolted to each
floor and
****tock.
Above it was a 12 by 3
inches (30.5 by 7.6 cm) oak
stringer that was
bolted to the
****tocks and led out to stem and stern...
