Central mast
The center pole is only mehrmastigen Sailboat types ( tall ships defined) with five or seven poles than each of the third or the fourth mast. Examples were the large five- master Potosi , Preussen , RC Rickmers and Skoleskibet København :
Prussia (five-masted full ship):
- Jib, main, middle, LAEISZ (aft), cross mast; (English system: Fore, Main, Mizzen, Laeisz , Spanker mast)
RC Rickmers , København (five-masted barques):
- Jib, main, middle, cross, mizzen mast;
or the huge American seven- masted gaff schooner Thomas W. Lawson . With him (see there) the seven masts were called after the German name:
- Jib, main, cross, middle, dance, driver, mizzen mast; English: Fore, Main, Mizzen, Middle, Driver, Pusher, Spanker mast.
- engl. Standard: Fore Main Mizzen Jigger Driver Pusher Spanker; (German: jib, main, cross, dance, driver, slide, mizzen mast)
In the deviating English terminology of ship masts, the "middle mast" rarely appears (see gaff schooner ).
The central mast is divided into:
- Middle lower mast
- Central marshals
- Middle slat
- Central flag head
The yards are named (if square sails are used):
- Medium (under) rah
- Central lower marsrah
- Middle Upper Marsrah
- Center braamrah
- Middle Oberbramrah
- Middle Royalrah
- Middle Skyrah
Accordingly, the sails are called:
- Center sail
- Center under sail
- Middle upper topsail
- Center under sail
- Middle upper sails
- Middle royal sail
- Middle sky sail