Topsail Schooners
Topsail Schooner- a normal schooner rigged vessel carrying sq sails on the foremast
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Topsail Schooner
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topsail - A triangular sail set above the gaff on a gaff rigged boat.
topsides - The sides of the hull above the waterline and below the deck.
tow - To pull a boat with another boat, such as a tugboat towing a barge.
Topsail schooner
A fore-and-aft-rigged schooner carrying a square topsail and a topgallant sail on the foretopmast.
Topsides
The sides of the hull above the waterline and below the deck.
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.
topsail schooner - See "Square Topsail Schooner."
topsides - To be on/above deck, rather than below; the sides of a ship above the waterline.
top timbers - The upper parts of the framing of a vessel.
jib topsail
A small jib set high on the headstay of a double headsail rig.
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queen topsail
small stay sail located between the foremast and mainmast.
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A topsail on the main mast.
Mainsail
The main sail that is suspended from the main mast.
A topsail is a sail set above another sail.
A staysail is a small sail set inside or below another sail. See staysail.
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gale
1. An unusually strong wind. 2. In storm-warning terminology, a wind of 28-47 knots (52-87 kilometers or 32-63 miles per hour). (back) ...
GAFF TOPSAIL HALYARD BEND
Pass two turns round the spar, then lead the end back round the standing part and underneath all the turns, bringing it round to its own part and back again over the two outer turns and underneath the inner turn.
70-foot gaff topsail schooner
A few schooners have been built with Bermudan sails on both masts.
Main Topsail - A topsail on the main mast.
Mainsail - The principal sail that is set on the main mast.
Mainsheet - The line that controls the angle of the mainsail in its relation to the wind.
spar, piece of rigging, or boat to another object mainsail (main) (mains'l) The largest regular sail on a boat, which is attached to the mast, and often referred to as the main mainsheet The line for controlling the main boom main topsail ...
Quarter: Sides of a vessel that are aft of amidships
Queen topsail: Small sail between foremast and mainmast
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and fore-topmast staysail halliards; II, the foretop-bowlines, stopped into the top and two fore-stays; 12, two fore-tacks; 13, fore-truck; 14, fore-royal mast, yard and lift; 15, topgallant mast, yard and lift; 16, fore-top mast, topsail-yard, ...
Gaff Topsail: A triangular sail set over a gaff.
Genoa: A large foresail or jib that overlaps the mainsail.
Give-Way: To yield the right of way to another boat.
(GPS) Global Positioning System: Method of using satellite signals to fix a position.
A yard or pole extending the head or foot of the topsail beyond the topmast or gaff of a gaff-rigged boat.
Jam Cleat
A cleat designed to allow a line to be made fast quickly by jamming it down.
Traditional fore-and-aft rigs used a gaff to control the top of the mainsail, sometimes setting a topsail above it.
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Quarter - The sides of a boat aft of amidships.
Quartering Sea - Sea coming on a boats quarter.
Queen topsail - small stay sail located between the foremast and mainmast.
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Lower Sails, Upper Sails: The larger, lower sails provide the power for vessels. The smaller, upper or topsails are set above the course and are usually divided into two sails so that they may be set and taken in independently.
Topsail Schooner- A schooner with a square rigged sail on forward mast
Transom: - the planking that forms the stern and closes off the sides.
Traveler - a device that the mainsheet may be attached to which allows its position to be adjusted ...
A schooner is a small sea-going fore-and-aft rigged vessel (versus squared rigged), originally with only two masts, carrying one or more topsails.
(the zigzag line between the gaff and the mast on the left stamp) and a throat halliard. It is attached to the mast using a simple rope or wooden rings. The lower edge is fastened to a spar called boom. In the gap between gaff and mast a gafftopsail ...
 See also: Sailing, Boat, Sail, Aft, Mast
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