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Fore-topsail
Fore-topsail Fore`-top"sail (? or ?), n. (Naut.) See Sail.
Gaff-topsail
Gaff-topsail Gaff`-top"sail, n. (Naut.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.
Topsail
Topsail Top"sail`, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.
topsail schooner
Schooner Schoon"er, n. [See the Note below. Cf. Shun.] (Naut.) Originally, a small, sharp-built vessel, with two masts and fore-and-aft rig. Sometimes it carried square topsails on one or both masts and was called a topsail schooner. About 1840, longer vessels with three masts, fore-and-aft rigged, came into use, and since that time vessels with four masts and even with six masts, so rigged, are built. Schooners with more than two masts are designated three-masted schooners, four-masted schooners, etc. See Illustration in Appendix.
Topsail schooner
Topsail Top"sail`, n. (Naut.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.

Meaning of OpSail from wikipedia

- referred to as OpSail or Op Sail, the event has the goals of promoting good will and cooperation between countries while providing sail training and celebrating...
- Command Center, OpSail and Fleet W**** 2012, New York City". May 26, 2012. "Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor Police Command Center, OpSail and Fleet...
- in New London. New London's Sailfest is an annual event which includes OpSail, a gathering of large sailing vessels including the Coast Guard training...
- the OpSail and SailFest tall ship festivals at New London, extra Friday and w****end service is operated from New Haven to New London. During OpSail 2000...
- Harbor during the American Bicentennial OpSail of 1976. In the summer of 1974, during the kick-off race for OpSail 1976 (from Newport, Rhode Island to Boston...
- films, and parti****ted in domestic and international events, including OpSail 2000. The barquentine Gazela Primeiro (meaning Gazelle the First in Portuguese)...
- Special Security Events (NSSEs) requiring Coast Guard presence, such as OpSail, Olympics, Republican and Democratic national conventions, major disasters...
- USCGC Reliance The 25th New York City Fleet W**** was in May 2012. It was also OpSail 2012 in commemoration of the War of 1812. Visiting ships were: USS Wasp...
- celebrations commemorating the War of 1812 with units from the US Navy as part of OpSail 2012. In 2013 the ship was used for training with the AgustaWestland Wildcat...
- chairman of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA and is a director of the OpSail Foundation. He is also a member of the board of overseers of the School...