Topsail

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The rig of a full ship with a description of the associated sails and masts
2 - under
sail , 3 - upper sail

A topsail is a sail that is attached to a yard on the Mars stalk . The topsail or submarine sail is attached to the mast in the second position from the bottom.

Due to the increase in the area of ​​the sails during the development in shipbuilding and the better manageability of smaller sails, the topsail, like the slab sail , was divided. If there is such a division, one speaks of upper and lower sail . Since there can be several masts on ships , the name of the mast is placed in front of the sail name to distinguish the sails. This results in terms such as: large topsail , cross upper topsail etc.

See also

literature

  • RC Anderson: The Century of the Sprietsail. The rigging of ships in the Baroque period 1600–1720. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-0383-3 ( Google Books ).