- On a
square rigged sailing vessel, a
topgallant sail (
topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant",
topgallant sail
pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged...
-
Topgallant may
refer to:
Topgallant sail
Topgallant mast
Topgallant Islands, an
island group in
South Australia This
disambiguation page
lists articles...
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called masts). From
lowest to highest,
these were called: lower, top,
topgallant, and
royal masts.
Giving the
lower sections sufficient thickness necessitated...
- ship-rigged, with each mast
stepped in
three segments: lower, top, and
topgallant.
Other large, multi-masted
sailing vessels may be
regarded as "ships"...
-
Topgallant Islands is an
island group in the
Australian state of
South Australia located in the
Investigator Group about 22
kilometres (14 miles) south...
- fore-and-aft
mainsail (a gaff sail) and
square topsails and
possibly topgallant sails.
After the
sloop the
brigantine was the next-most po****r rig for...
- to form the whole, from
bottom to top: the
lower mast, top mast, and
topgallant mast. This
construction relies heavily on
support by a
complex array of...
-
schooner also has a
square topsail on the foremast, to
which may be
added a
topgallant.
Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the
addition of a fore...
-
imagination –
above the
mainmast (for example) is the main-topmast, main-
topgallant-mast and main-royal-mast, so that the top is
actually about 1/4 to 1/3...
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bowsprit and
three masts, each of
which consists of a lower, top, and
topgallant mast. Most
sailing ships were merchantmen, but the Age of Sail also saw...
