Top-sail
61Kon-Tiki — is the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom Kon Tiki was said to be an old …
62Topsail — Top sail , n. (Naut.) In a square rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore and aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff.… …
63Topsail schooner — Topsail Top sail , n. (Naut.) In a square rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore and aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the …
64fore-topsail yard — fore top|sail «FR TOP SAYL, FOHR ; Nautical FR TOP suhl, FOHR », noun, or fore topsail yard. the sail or yard set on the fore topmast and next above the foresail. and mast1. (Cf. ↑mast) …
65Musquito class floating battery — Class overview Name: Musquito Operators:   …
66S-300 (missile) — Not to be confused with S 300VM. SA 10 redirects here. For the channel interface for the PDP 10 computer, see Systems Concepts. Grumble redirects here. For other uses, see Grumble (disambiguation). For the Project Apollo test mission, see A 105… …
67foretopsail — fore·top·sail (fôrʹtŏp səl, təp , fōrʹ ) n. Nautical The sail hung from the foretopmast. * * * …
68gaff-topsail — [gaf′täp′sāl΄; ] naut. [, gaf′täp′səl] n. a topsail the lower edge of which is attached to a gaff * * * gaff top·sail (găfʹtŏpʹsəl, sāl ) n. Nautical A light triangular or quadrilateral sail set over a gaff. * * * …
69Cooks Yard — Barge blocks in the River Blackwater at Cooks Yard Walter Cook established a Thames sailing barge building business in 1894 on the bank of the River Blackwater at Maldon, Essex, England. The business, known as Walter Cook and Son, operated until… …
70trinket — n. 1. Toy, bawble, knick knack, gewgaw, gimcrack, whim wham, trifle, bagatelle. 2. (Naut.) Top sail, top gallant sail …
