Ship's sail support

Usage examples of mast.

As I ventured on I saw in the distance a forest of derricks and masts where the Grosvenor-canal had just been opened and barges from the East of the metropolis were bringing rubble for the Bason to be filled in, though of course I knew nothing of this at the time.

If I time it right our mast should snap off her jibboom and with a bit of luck her bowsprit should catch in our rigging.

Dryad nor anything resembling the Dryad except in the possession of two masts, but a genuine flyer, long and narrow, with a very fine entry, towering masts and a bowsprit of extraordinary length with a triple dolphin-striker, the Bonhomme Richard, that well-known blockade-runner.

Had the wind been lighter both sails would probably have been left up and brailed, but even with her muffled main still up the mast, the smuggler was starting to sheer quite wildly in the swell.

Absently, Brett nodded and raked cold fingers through his damp hair, his gaze ever vigilant on the crew struggling with the wreckage of the mast.

The masts of hundreds of longships bristled from the waters of Iron Bay.

Above them came a whirring noise, and Burl looked up to see the masts withdrawing into the building, their discs presumably left flat and directionless.

The old yacht club fell away quickly, but Manso liked to fly low, almost brushing the tops of the sailboat masts in the marina.

Triple masted and dragon prowed, it fought the waves with a fury that seemed almost alive.

Still, there could be no mistaking the timbered and masted boats under the huge sails.

She was the largest, a two masted schooner, with a deep draught, and slower than the other four.

Ships have been masted, guns taken on board, floating batteries prepared, and except hauling out and completing their rigging, everything is done in defiance of the treaty.

Her solid masting, her iron rigging, which was in good condition, would enable her to bear in this condition even a stronger breeze.

Dick Sands, Austin, Acteon, and Bat climbed into the masting, while Tom remained at the wheel, and Hercules on the deck, so as to slacken the ropes, as soon as he was commanded.

After numerous efforts, the fore-staff and the top-gallant mast were gotten down upon the deck, not without these honest men having a hundred times risked being precipitated into the sea, the rolling shook the masting to such an extent.