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Crosstrees are the two
horizontal spars at the
upper ends of the
topmasts of
sailing ships that are used to
anchor the
shrouds from the
topgallant mast...
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particularly square-riggers, the
shrouds end at the
projections (called tops or
crosstrees) and
their loads are
carried into the mast
slightly further down by ****tock...
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acute an
angle from the mast, so
crosstrees run
sideways out from the mast to
spread the
topmast shrouds.
These crosstrees rest on two
trestle trees running...
- and held a
platform ("top")
supported underneath by
trestletrees and
crosstrees and
further secured to the
bowsprit with a
series of
special chain plates...
- the mast. The
spreader or
spreaders serve much the same
purpose as the
crosstrees and tops in a
traditional sailing vessel.
Spreaders are used to increase...
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connected to
either a platform,
called a "top", or cross-wise beams,
called "
crosstrees", and anc****d ****tock
shrouds from
below that led to the
lower mast....
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around either a platform,
called a "top", or cross-wise beams,
called "
crosstrees". Each
additional mast
segment is
supported fore and aft by a
series of...
- As well as tops,
crosstrees will also have ****tock shrouds.
Because crosstrees are smaller,
there is less need for
alternatives to the ****tock shrouds...
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Bowsprit sprit topmast Dolphin striker Jackstaff Jibboom Pelican striker On mast Boom
Boomkin Gaff
Truck Crosstrees Spinnaker pole
Spreader Sprit Yard...
- Post-Harvest Care: The
Basics Archived 2020-11-03 at the
Wayback Machine.
Crosstree Techno-visors Thompson, A.
Keith (2010).
Controlled Atmosphere Storage...
