Thedesign, withitsdistinctivemizzenmastandsail, was used first as afishingor crabbingboat.
Soon the ship's mizzenmast wasshotaway,itshullwasriddled, anditssparandriggingwerereducedtowreckage.
Ashotfiredby aFrenchmarksmanfrom the mizzenmast of the Redoutabletorethrough Nelson'sleftshoulder.
Sailing a 17th-centuryshipis alabour-intensiveaffair; a half-dozencrewmemberswereneededjust to set andadjustthe mizzen, asmallsailaft.
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On the deck above, the original 'bridge' (just a canvas-protected platform with a compass, engine telegraph, and the wheel) was situated between the funnel and themizzenmast.
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These boats offer features such as center cockpit, deck salon, pilot-house, cutter rigs,mizzenmasts etc.
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Themizzenmast was removed in 1892, after the ship had been launched, but before her completion.
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The survivors had climbed up themizzen-mast and were eventually rescued by a small boat that approached the sinking ship.
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The cross-jack yard was the lowest yard on a ship'smizzenmast.
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A sail appears set on themizzenmast and if this is correct, the bow is to the right of the image.
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Thus, the staysail hoisted on a stay that runs forward and downwards from the top of the "mizzentopgallant mast" is the "mizzentopgallant staysail".
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Zulus were two-masted boats and carried three sails - fore,mizzenand jib.
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Main (24m) mast has double aluminum spreaders andmizzenmast is with single spreaders.
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Each of the three masts (fore, main andmizzen) is in three overlapping sections.
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The pinnace lost itsmizzenmast and was forced to retire.
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When she sank she still had set about a third of themizzensail and some tarpaulin in the shrouds of themizzenmast.
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Themizzenmast snapped off above the deck and the upper portion was not located.
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Increasingly stronger lines followed and a flying fox was established between a large boulder on the shore and themizzenmast of the stricken ship.
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She has square sails on the fore and main masts, and is gaff rigged on themizzen.
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