- The mast of a
sailing vessel is a tall spar, or
arrangement of spars,
erected more or less
vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Its purposes...
- mainmast, both
noticeably taller than the
single or
double lateen-rigged
mizzenmasts with
their sloped lateen-rig yards, and
below those the
square quarter...
- was a square-rigged
galleon of four masts,
including two lateen-rigged
mizzenmasts. She
served effectively as the
flagship of Vice-Admiral
Martin Frobisher...
- (or sterncastle,
sometimes aftcastle) is the
stern structure behind the
mizzenmast and
above the
transom on
large sailing ships, such as carracks, caravels...
- are: Foremast,
which is the
second tallest mast Mainmast, the
tallest Mizzenmast, the
third tallest Jiggermast,
which may not be
present but will be fourth...
- were square-rigged on the
foremast and
mainmast and lateen-rigged on the
mizzenmast. They had a high
rounded stern with aftcastle,
forecastle and bowsprit...
-
round shot,
which took out Guerriere's
mizzenmast. Guerriere's
maneuverability decreased with her
mizzenmast dragging in the water, and it
collided with...
- feet. She
carried a square-rigged fore and
mainmast and a lateen-rigged
mizzenmast.
Although there are no
existing records, she
likely had a high sterncastle...
- is a gaff-rigged, fore-and-aft sail,
mounted on the
after side of the
mizzenmast. It was used to help tack the vessel. For
square sails (from
bottom to...
-
around the turn of the 18th
century but were not
usually flown on the
mizzenmast until the end of that century. It gave its name to a
Dutch term for a...
