Topmast
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Topmast
A mast on top of another mast.
Topsail
1) On a square-rigged vessel, a sail directly above the lowest sail on a mast. 2) On a fore-and-aft-rigged vessel, the next sail above the gaff of a fore-and-aft sail.
topmast
a second spar carried at the top of the fore or main mast, used to fly more sail.
topping lift ...
topmast hoops - Hoops were formerly used for jib-headed topsails, the same as they used to be for the original "gaff topsails." The hoops when not in use rest on the masthead.
Topmast
{Mastelero}
Second mast above the main deck of the Santa Maria worked on from the fighting top.
TOPMAST RIGGING.
For a small sloop, cutter or yawl, a pole mast is preferable ; but all boats more than twenty feet on the water line should be fitted with topmasts, the rigging of which is shown in the cut.
The topmast deck in a large steamship.
Jetsam
Goods thrown overboard and washed ashore.
Attach point for topmast and t'gallantmast.
Crows Nest
The look out position atop the main mast.
water out of a boat bailers Openings in the bottom or transom of a boat used to drain water when sailing balanced helm A sailboat that has neither weather helm nor leeward helm bald headed Of a gaff-rigged boat sailing without a topmast ...
Manwayring, for instance, when giving the proportion of the topmasts to lower masts, says: " The topmasts are ever half so long as the masts into which they belong; but there is no absolute proportion in these, and the like things, ...
Jackyard - A yard or pole extending the head or foot of the topsail beyond the topmast or gaff of a gaff-rigged boat
Jacobs Ladder - A rope ladder with wooden steps.
FID A wood or metal bar used to support the weight of a topmast or a top-gallant mast when in position, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel and resting on the trestle trees or other support.
TOPGALLANT: Relating to the part next above the topmast and below the royal mast.
TOPSAIL: The sail above the lowermost sail on a square-rigged ship; also, the sail set above and sometimes on the gaff in a fore-and-aft rigged ship.
All-round lights shall be so located as not to be obscured by masts, topmasts or structures within angular sectors of more than 6 degrees, except anchor lights prescribed in Rule 30, which need not be placed at an impractical height above the hull.
Bull Rope:
Used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast on a square rigged ship.
Topmast: An additional spar mounted on top of the main mast
Topping lift: A line or wire that supports the boom when a vessel is moored
Topsides: The part of the hull between the water surface and the edge of the deck ...
HOLD - A compartment below deck in a large vessel, used solely for carrying cargo.
HOUNDS - The wooden shoulders at the masthead on which the eyes of the shrouds rest.
HOUSE - To house a topmast is to lower it.
Crosstrees - horizontal pieces of wood or metal that cross the mast up high, acting as spreaders for the topmast shrouds.
Crow's Nest - protected look-out position high on the foremast
Crutch - A support for a spar when spar is no in use.
 See also: Sailing, Mast, Sail, Fore, Boat
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