#masts

[thunderstruck9]

James Tissot (French, 1836-1902), Room Overlooking the Harbour. Oil on panel, 10 x 13 in.

[fentonphoto]

A different view of Mount Baker. @travelandlovelife-blog @travelingpage @natgeotravel

[ltwilliammowett]

Masts, yards, rigging and sails

Once the hull was completed, the three masts were attached, which were common to all rated Men-o-War. As these ships carried an enormous sail area, it was not possible to use masts built from a single pole, as no tree grew tall enough or was strong enough. The mast was therefore built in three sections, with the thickest and strongest section running through the decks to the keel (on some smaller ships such as frigates, the mizzen mast, the smallest of the three masts, ended at the level of the lower deck.

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Spars

The wooden poles fixed to the masts and bowsprit- which included yards, booms and gaffs, to which the sails were attached- were then added. These were, in order from bow to stern and from upper to lower:

Bowsprit: sprit topsail; jib boom (the upper section of the two piece bowsprit); spritsail yard; bowsprit

Foremast: fore royal yard; forreste topgallantmast; fore topsail yard; fore yard; fore mast

Mainmast: main royal yard; main topgallant yard; main topgallant mast; main topsail yard; main topmast; main yard; main mast Mizzen mast:

mizzen royal yard; mizzen topfgallant yard; mizzen topgallant mast; main topsail yard; main topmast; main yard; mainmast

With the masts and spars completed, the ship was rigged, which meant adding all the ropes, cables and chains used to support the masts and spars (standing rigging) and to raise, lower and adjust sails and yards (running rigging), as well as the tackle- pulley blocks, eyebolts and so on- needed to hold or adjust it . There was literally miles of rigging in a rated warship, but it was essential to the ship, and included shrouds and stays. (shrouds supported the masts and ran from the ship’s sides, and in their two lower sections included ratlines, which functioned as rope ladders for men going aloft; stays also supported the masts but ran fore and aft - a stay running forward towards the bow is a forestay, and one running towards the stern is a backstay).

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With the standing rigging completed, the sails and running rigging were added. the former wer attached to the yards at the top, and could be purpose, or raised, lowered ot otherwise adjusted by means of the running rigging. Sailing a large three masted man of war was therefore a formidably complex business, and the training of officers and crew in handling sails and rigging was central to good shiphandling and seamanship.

[tcr55]

Masts and clouds, Sydney’s Rushcutters Bay on a cool dawn.

[sspacegodd]

My favorite thing to talk about is how words are no longer necessary.

[giffypudding]

In 14 something something someone sailed the ocean blue

[todaysdocument]

West-bound vessels wait at Fort Brady Pier before passing through the Soo Locks, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, 7/4/1892.

Series: Construction and Renovation Photographs of St. Marys Falls Canal and Locks, ca. 1889 - 1941

Record Group 77: Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1789 - 1999

Image description: Ships and boats of various sizes are docked at the side of a pier. Their dark masts contrast with the light, cloudy sky. On the pier are piles of barrels and large blocks. A few people walk along the pier.

[monsieurbj]

DO NOT REBLOG IN NSFW, 18+ (Porno, Naked), AND not in TRASH BLOGS, racism, politic, guns/wars blogs, thanks. Thanks for your views!

Sunrise from the cockpit of my yacht moored in the LaConner Marina, Washington.

[roma150502]

стадион Барселоны (Испания)

[johnfpederson]

right as rain (10)

weary, he runs without catching his breath

yet he knows that each step is in vain

you disappear like you're somehow absolved

of destruction you left in your wake

but when you awaken

to all that you've come to ignore

it will have destroyed you

and everything you once were

right as rain 

how you long to be free of it all

so far removed

but you can't be too careful

if you've got something to lose

callus and cold like the ache in his bones

every step more arduous than the last

into the storm

fore and aft have been torn

as the tempest debases the masts

i watched your heart

corrode and rust

pumping out artificial blood

apathy coursing through your veins

i've seen it once

and once is enough

you have lost much more than must trust

God knows if things will ever change

will you fight this

or give in?

[scenicworlds]

February 3, 2024

Rockland, ME.

[maleficea]

Cutty Sark. Greenwich, London. 2022

[ltwilliammowett]

Masts, by Ariadna de Raadt-Goldberg

[chronicallydragons]

anyone else ever wish they could lie down harder? Like, I'm already horizonal, but I need more horizonal. I need to be absorbed by the floor. I think that would fix me

[sspacegodd]

He slept on his pillar, either sitting up or curled in a ball. He ate and drank sparingly, depending on the kindness of locals and the local monastery. Some say he was immediately provided with emergency clothes from the village hamper when his clothes wore out. Others say he would just stay atop the pillar naked when this happened.

Some accounts have him relieving himself over the side, the lower portions of his pillar covered in excrement and urine. Others, remembered a bucket.

[wfxue]

20231202_F0001: In front of the the floating hostel by Wei-Feng Xue Via Flickr: - Front view of Af Chapman from over #10YearsAgo. This is a moored ship serving as a hostel in Stockholm.