- in a brig, the
forward mast is the
foremast and the
after mast is the
mainmast. In a
schooner with two masts, even if the
masts are of the same height...
- and had a gaff-rigged
mainsail with
square rig
above it on the
mainmast. The
mainmast of a
brigantine is the aft one. By the
first half of the 18th century...
- A
ketch is a two-masted
sailboat whose mainmast is
taller than the
mizzen mast (or aft-mast),
generally in a 40-foot or
bigger boat. The name
ketch is...
- type of
sailing vessel with
three or more
masts having the fore- and
mainmasts rigged square and only the
mizzen (the
aftmost mast)
rigged fore and aft...
-
vessel has, from
front to back, a foremast,
mainmast and mizzenmast. A two-masted
vessel has a
mainmast, the
other being a
foremast or mizzen. Ships...
-
corresponding preposition is abaft. For example, the
mizzenmast is
abaft the
mainmast. Its
antonym is
before or, in a more
clumsy form,
forward of. Aft also...
- ship, from bow to stern, are: Foremast,
which is the
second tallest mast
Mainmast, the
tallest Mizzenmast, the
third tallest Jiggermast,
which may not be...
-
rigged mainmast. A square-topsail
ketch carries one or more square-rigged
topsails (commonly two, an
upper and a
lower topsail) on its
mainmast, in addition...
-
include the long,
prominent beak or
beakhead followed by a
foremast and
mainmast, both
noticeably taller than the
single or
double lateen-rigged mizzenmasts...
- load was 2.35
meters (7 ft 9 in). In
November 1944, the tops of Nagato's
mainmast and
funnel were
removed to
improve the
effective arcs of fire for her anti-aircraft...