- afore, it may be
rigged to the bowsprit. Sections:
fore-mast lower,
fore topmast,
fore topgallant mast Main-mast: the
tallest mast,
usually located near...
- of the jib and
flying jib sails, respectively, and the stay for the
fore topgallant mast and the
royal stay. In
yachts it is a boom
attached to the foot...
- On a
square rigged sailing vessel, a
topgallant sail (
topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant",
topgallant sail
pronounced "t'garns'l", is the square-rigged...
-
above the
lowest sail on the
fore, main and
mizzens masts) were
mounted on
separate mast segments—"topmasts" or "
topgallant masts"—held in
wooden sockets...
- A
fore-and-aft rig is a
sailing vessel rigged mainly with
sails set
along the line of the keel,
rather than
perpendicular to it as on a
square rigged vessel...
- ship-rigged, with each mast
stepped in
three segments: lower, top, and
topgallant.
Other large, multi-masted
sailing vessels may be
regarded as "ships"...
- main-
topgallant, and main-royal (...staysail).
Staysails between other masts are
similarly named. The
mizzen sail (or "spanker") is a gaff-rigged,
fore-and-aft...
-
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...
- are:
Fore-mast — the mast
nearest the bow, or the mast
forward of the main-mast with sections:
fore-mast lower,
fore topmast, and
fore topgallant mast...
- A
single deadeye (or bull's eye) used to
change the
direction of a line, in this case a
buntline on
Prince William's
fore-
topgallant....
