- 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...
- A
fore-and-aft rig is a
sailing ship rig with
sails set
mainly in the
median plane of the keel,
rather than
perpendicular to it, as on a square-rigged...
- set on
stays running from the
fore topmast to the bowsprit, or the
fore topgallant mast to the
jibboom or even the
fore royal mast to the
flying jibboom...
- ship-rigged, with each mast
stepped in
three segments: lower, top, and
topgallant. The
masts of a full-rigged ship, from bow to stern, are: Foremast, which...
- 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...
-
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...
- foremast, to
which may be
added a
topgallant.
Differing definitions leave uncertain whether the
addition of a
fore course would make such a
vessel a brigantine...
- mast, and
topgallant mast. This
construction relied heavily on
support by a
complex array of
stays and shrouds. Each stay in
either the
fore-and-aft or...
