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Bermuda rig,
which has no
topsails. On a gaff-rigged
sailing boat,
topsails may take a few
different forms: A jib-headed
topsail is
generally a triangular...
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Bluenose was one such example.
Topsail schooner/Square
topsail schooner:
includes square topsails. A
version with
raked masts and
known for its
great speed...
- families. The
Topsails takes its name from the
surrounding landscape which includes Main
Topsail,
Mizzen Topsail, Gaff
Topsail and Fore
Topsail which are...
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immediately above the
topsail or
topsails. It is also
known as a
gallant or
garrant sail.
Later full-rigged
ships split the
topsail (and
often the topgallant...
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Topsail Island (/ˈtɑːpsɪl/, TOP-sill) is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long
barrier island off the
coast of
North Carolina,
roughly equidistant between the barrier...
- A
topsail is the
second square sail up a mast in a sailboat.
Topsail may also
refer to:
Topsail,
Newfoundland and Labrador, a
community in Conception...
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Topsail Beach is a town in
Pender County,
North Carolina,
United States. The po****tion was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan...
- and many
other sailing drifters). Some
larger examples might carry lug
topsails. A
lugger is
usually a two- or three-masted vessel,
setting lug
sails on...
- (non-Bermudian)
sloop might carry one or more square-rigged
topsails which will be hung from a
topsail yard and be
supported from
below by a crossjack. A sloop's...
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mainmast rigged with both a fore-and-aft
mainsail (a gaff sail) and
square topsails and
possibly topgallant sails. The
brigantine was the second-most po****r...
