Mizzen sail

mizzen sail - The sail on the aft mast of a ketch or yawl rigged sailboat. monkey fist - A large heavy knot usually made in the end of a lineheaving line to aid in accurate throwing. moor - To attach a boat to a mooring, dock, post, anchor, etc.

Bonaventure - On older sailing ships, an additional lateen shaped mizzen sail carried on the fourth mast, known as a bonaventure mizzen. Bone - Foam or spray which is thrown out under the bow of a ship when she is under way.

The mizzen mast is a great place to locate the radar, and a fully battened mizzen sail can be left up at anchor as a riding sail, keeping the boat head to wind. I don't think the Alerion will see much drive out of its 66-square-foot mizzen.

mizzen mast Spar on which the mizzen sail is hoisted; the aftermost (vertical) spar in a ketch or yawl. monkey fist A special knot typically used to weight the end of a heaving line.

A term referring to the stern most mast on a three-masted vessel that supported a triangular shaped sail, called the Mizzen Sail. A vessel with less than three masts would have no mizzenmast at all. Pirate ...

Pushing the boom out in Figure 5 causes the stern to swing to port, while luffing into the wind in Figure 6 and back winding the mizzen sail accomplishes the same thing.

Indeed, so well do the jib and mizzen sail work in unison, that unless the wind is very puffy and variable, the helm can be lashed and she will hold her course steadily onward while the skipper is tying down the after reef points.

To rebend a sail to the boom mile See nautical mile mizzen The sail set on the aftermast of a yawl or ketch [Top of Page] [Bottom of Page] mizzen sail A sail set from the mizzenmast monkey block A small single block that swivels monkey's fist The ...

See also: Set, Boat, Mizzen, Line, Mast