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families. The Topsails takes its name from the surrounding landscape which includes Main Topsail, Mizzen Topsail, Gaff Topsail and Fore Topsail which are
Gaff_Topsails
Sail set above another sail
to as "topsail schooners"; gaff topsails are taken for granted on gaff-rigged vessels and pass without comment in a vessel description. Topsails are also
Topsail
Sailing rig configuration
but incorrectly called the gaff) is raised until it is nearly vertical, parallel to the mast and close adjacent to it. Topsails are never carried on gunter
Gaff_rig
Sailing vessel
The most common variants are gaff-rigged and staysail schooners, with the topsail schooner carrying a square topsail on the foremast, and Bermuda and
Schooner
Largest wooden ship built
six-masted schooner: 22 sails: 6 gaff main sails (No. 1 to 5 of equal size, spanker sail of larger size), 6 gaff topsails, 5 staysails, 5 foresails with
Wyoming_(schooner)
Sail boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig
Gunter-rigged sloop Gaff-rigged sloop with a headsail and a gaff topsail Spritsail sloop Sloop sail with multiple foresails and topsail Bermuda Fitted Dinghy:
Sloop
American coal and oil transport ship (1902-07)
25 sails (seven gaff sails, seven gaff topsails, six topmast staysails and five jib sails (fore staysail, jib, flying jib, jib topsail, balloon jib) encompassing
Thomas_W._Lawson_(ship)
Topics referred to by the same term
an asteroid named after J. R. R. Tolkien J.R. Tolkien (schooner), a gaff-topsail schooner of Netherlands registry Tolkien (crater), a crater on Mercury
Tolkien_(disambiguation)
Drumheller, Alberta Walsh, Alberta, see Medicine Hat, Alberta Main Topsail Hill, near Gaff Topsails, Newfoundland and Labrador Arches, St. Anthony, Newfoundland
List_of_rock_formations
Pampa Province Brazil Pedra Agulha in Pancas, Espírito Santo Canada Gaff Topsails in Newfoundland[citation needed] Mount Sylvester in Newfoundland[citation
List_of_inselbergs
British gaff cutter yacht
Tally Ho is a gaff-rigged cutter yacht designed by the artist and yacht designer Albert Strange. The 15-metre (48 ft) yacht was built at Shoreham-by-Sea
Tally_Ho_(yacht)
(Catalan Pailebot/schooner, 1919) Samuel P. Ely Speranța, 2-masted gaff, square topsails HMS Sultana (1768) USRC Taney (1833) Tho Pa Ga Thomas W. Lawson
List_of_schooners
Boat propelled partly or entirely by sails
foremost main. Traditional topsail schooners have topmasts allowing triangular topsails sails to be flown above their gaff sails; many modern schooners
Sailboat
Reproduction topsail schooner
sails (one on a boom and one loose-footed), a main gaff topsail, three headsails, and a square topsail and flying topgallant on the foremast. Also rare
Pride_of_Baltimore
Defunct narrow-gauge railway
route itself was diverted inland up the Exploits valley and over the Gaff Topsails (some of the highest elevation terrain on the island) and away from
Newfoundland_Railway
Legendary Irish noblewoman
"Sheila Mageila Michelet", while "Sheila nGira" in Patrick Kavanagh's Gaff Topsails (1996) draws deeper on the legend. Fleischman, Aloys (5 December 2016)
Sheila_NaGeira
Drawing showing the arrangement of sails
between other masts are similarly named. The mizzen sail (or "spanker") is a gaff-rigged, fore-and-aft sail, mounted on the after side of the mizzenmast. It
Sail_plan
1932 barquentine
Three-masted barquentine, 15 sails: four jibs, four square foresails, three staysails, two spankers, two gaff topsails Speed 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) Crew 150
Mercator_(ship)
Sail rigged to the main mast of a sailing vessel
Historical fore-and-aft rigs used a four-sided gaff rigged mainsail, sometimes setting a gaff topsail above it. Whereas once the mainsail was typically
Mainsail
Harbour Fortune Frenchman's Island Fry's Cove Furby's Cove (Newfoundland) Gaff Topsails Garia George's Cove Goblin Goose Arm Gooseberry Cove, Placentia Bay
List of ghost towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
List_of_ghost_towns_in_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Replica of a wooden pilot vessel
Tri-Coastal Marine in Norfolk, Virginia. She was completed in 2005. She is a gaff rigged knockabout schooner, meaning she lacks a bowsprit; her headsails can
Virginia_(schooner)
Sail training ship of the Chilean Navy
staysail is still in place. She has now five staysails, three gaff topsails, six jibs, three gaff sails, four square sails, 21 all in all. Her first voyage
Chilean_barquentine_Esmeralda
Schooner built in 1963
J.R. Tolkien is a gaff-topsail schooner of Netherlands registry used for passenger cruises on the Baltic Sea and elsewhere in European waters. Originally
J.R._Tolkien_(schooner)
Abandoned railway community in Newfoundland, Canada
Quarry is an abandoned railway community that was located in the Gaff Topsails area of the province of Newfoundland, Canada. The community lies just north
Quarry, Newfoundland and Labrador
Quarry,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador
Two-masted sailing vessel
square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller
Brigantine
Foretopsail Studding Sails, Fisherman Staysail, Main Staysail, Mainsail, Main Gaff Topsail, Spritsail Water tank 1200 litre (300 US gal) Waste tank 800 litre (200
STV_Pathfinder
1900 yacht sinking off Cleveland, Ohio
topmast staysail, standard jib, flying jibs, jib topsails, fore-gaff topsails, and main-gaff topsails went up. Winds were now about 8.6 to 10.5 knots (15
Idler_disaster
four headsails, three gaff sails and three gaff topsails (one on each mast), upper and lower square topsails on the foremast, a staysail between the fore
Alexandria_(schooner)
Sailing ship for basic naval training
consisting of a foresail, fore lower topsail and fore upper topsail; gaff sails on all three masts; gaff topsails on the mainmast and mizzen mast; no staysails
Jadran_(training_ship)
Wind propulsion technology for large ships
system is based on rigid sails made of composite materials and a tilting gaff rigging, enabling hybrid or primary wind propulsion for commercial and cruise
SolidSail
1871 schooner launched in Maine
Lewis R. French is a gaff-rigged topsail schooner sailing out of Camden, Maine as a "Maine windjammer" offering 3 to 6 night cruises to tourists. Built
Lewis_R._French_(schooner)
peak and the throat. gaff topsail A fore-and-aft sail set above a gaff-rigged sail, with the clew sheeted to the end of the gaff. gaff vang A line rigged
Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)
Glossary_of_nautical_terms_(A–L)
Class of sail training ships
spanker and a gaff topsail. Initially, the spanker of the Gorch Fock was not divided. This change occurred in 1937 with the addition of another gaff to the mizzenmast
Gorch_Fock-class_barque
Topsail schooner
Lady Maryland is a 104-foot (32 m) gaff-rigged, wood-hulled pungy topsail schooner. She is owned and operated by the Baltimore-based Living Classrooms
Lady_Maryland
Arrangement of a ship's masts, sails, and ropes
usually gunter- or gaff-rigged Cutter: single mast with gaff-rigged mainsail, two headsails, and a gaff topsail above the gaff. Dhow: single unstayed
Rig_(sailing)
Line putting lateral force the peak of the gaff
A gaff vang is a line on a gaff rig sailboat used to exert lateral force on the gaff and thus control the shape of the sail. Rarely used now they are commonly
Gaff_vang
American merchant marine captain
abandoned ship to Blairesk, January 1934 SEA FOX Launched 1888; Rig: Gaff topsail schooner; Material: iron plate; Registered length: 115’; Beam: 23’ 11”;
Lou_Kenedy
Warship from Nusantara archipelago
The vessel is using fore-and-aft sail made with cloth, with yard and gaff-topsail. Ghurab is used as a trading ship as well as a warship. One of the earliest
Ghurab
Youth training ship
sails on the foremast. The main and mizzen masts are gaff rigged, and both can carry a gaff-topsail. In addition, there are 3 staysails on the main mast
Spirit_of_New_Zealand
(3.5 m) Propulsion Caterpillar 400 hp (300 kW) diesel Sail plan Gaff-rigged topsail schooner 7,000 sq ft (650 m2) Speed 13.4 knots (24.8 km/h; 15.4 mph)
Zodiac_(schooner)
Topsail schooner ship
dolphin striker which carry three sails; the mainmast is gaff rigged with mainsail and gaff topsail; between the masts is the main staysail and fisherman
Amazing_Grace_(ship)
Gaff-rigged sailboat
Friendship sloop, also known as a Muscongus Bay sloop or lobster sloop, is a gaff-rigged working boat design that originated in Friendship, Maine around 1880
Friendship_Sloop
Upper section of mast on sailing ship
lower topsails to preserve the consistency of the naming scheme. The majority of large square-riggers today carry separate upper and lower topsails. The
Topmast
Type of sail on a square rigged vessel
immediately above the topsail or topsails. It is also known as a gallant or garrant sail. Later full-rigged ships split the topsail (and often the topgallant
Topgallant_sail
Network of multiuse trails across Canada
Lake and Millertown Junction. The route then passes through Quarry, Gaff Topsails, Kittys Brook, and Howley, where it crosses the Main Brook and ends
Trans_Canada_Trail
Argia is a two-masted, gaff topsail schooner. Argia's home port is Mystic, Connecticut, United States. The Argia was built in 1986 to be used as a tourism
Argia_(schooner)
Tall ship based in Tasmania, Australia
sails, three headsails, three staysails between the masts, a gaff mainsail and gaff topsail, totalling 12 sails in all. The total sail area is 402 m2 (4
Windeward_Bound
Type of sail
and she sails on topsail and foresail alone. A gaff rig was far more suitable for heavy weather and long sea passages, but when a gaff rigged vessel drops
Spritsail
Sail that combines the features of a spinnaker and a reacher
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Screecher
Hole through which to pass a rope
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Cringle
Type of fishing boat used in north-west England
(11 to 14 m) for two-man boats. They were all pole masted cutters with gaff topsail. In the north west of England the Morecambe Bay nobby emerged about 1840
Nobby_(boat)
Reducing the area of a sail
action in stronger winds was to "half mast" the topsails. This involved partially lowering the topsails, which reduced the amount of drive they produced
Reefing
British yachting journalist, author, broadcaster (b. 1947)
journalist, author and broadcaster. Cunliffe learnt how to sail in a 22 ft gaff sloop as a teenager on the Norfolk Broads. After studying law at university
Tom_Cunliffe
Sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts
spanker and lower spanker. A fore-and-aft topsail may be carried above the upper or only spanker, and is called the gaff sail. To stop a full-rigged ship, except
Full-rigged_ship
Small line (rope) used to fasten the corner of a sail to a spar or yard
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Earing
115-foot gaff-rigged, two-masted topsail schooner
The SSV Tabor Boy is a 115-foot gaff-rigged, two-masted topsail schooner that has been a part of the Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts since 1954
SSV_Tabor_Boy
rigging included a mainsail, foresail, gaff topsails, fisherman staysail, forestaysail, jib, and jib topsail. She was built with space for a gasoline
L._A._Dunton_(schooner)
Award by the Writer's Alliance in Canada
by Dorothy Inglis N/A N/A 1998 N/A N/A Dream Carvers by Joan Clark Gaff Topsails by Patrick Kavanagh 1999 That Night We Were Ravenous by John Steffler
Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards
Newfoundland_and_Labrador_Book_Awards
Type of boat
on these beamy hulls. The rig became standardised as having one mast, a gaff-rigged mainsail, square sails and several headsails – together with a full
Cutter_(boat)
Type of knot
"single-loop-around, and double-tuck-under". List of knots Topsail Halyard Bend [ru] Gaff Topsail Halyard Bend [ru] Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v
Halyard_bend
Bristol United Kingdom For Bristol City Council. Exact date unknown Argia Gaff topsail schooner Jennings Shipyard United States Exact date unknown Hubberston
List_of_ship_launches_in_1986
yawl rigged, and returns to Ireland just as she left it, except that a gaff topsail is added, and that her sails have been enlarged. She bears all the traces
City_of_Ragusa
Commissioned vessel of the U.S. Coast Guard
small, decked ship with one mast and bowsprit, with a gaff mainsail on a boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail." With general
United States Coast Guard Cutter
United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
Configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat
the design of Bermudian vessels had largely dispensed with square topsails and gaff rig, replacing them with triangular main sails and jibs. The Bermuda
Bermuda_rig
if known. The longest wooden ship ever built, the six-masted New England gaff schooner Wyoming, had a "total length" of 137 metres (449 ft) (measured from
List_of_longest_wooden_ships
Type of warship
vessel rigged in a way that would today be called a gaff cutter (but usually without the square topsails then carried by cutter-rigged vessels), though some
Sloop-of-war
Fabric or other surface supported by a mast to allow wind propulsion
the top end of a gaff or other spar. The throat is the upper forward corner of the sail, at the bottom end of a gaff or other spar. Gaff-rigged sails, and
Sail
Large, traditionally rigged sailing vessel
Traditional rigging may include square rigs and gaff rigs, usually with separate topmasts and topsails. It is generally more complex than modern rigging
Tall_ship
Type of sailing vessel
and many other sailing drifters). Some larger examples might carry lug topsails. A lugger is usually a two- or three-masted vessel, setting lug sails on
Lugger
Type of sail rigging
commonly associated with Bermuda rigged sails, although they can be used with gaff rigged sails and with club-footed jibs. Blocks and rings may be part of some
Lazy_jack
A line that raises the end of a gaff nearer to the mast
of a gaff nearer to the mast, as opposed to the peak halyard which raises the end further from the mast. Such rigging was normal in classic gaff-rigged
Throat_halyard
Fastener consisting of a U-shaped bracket through which a pin is placed
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Clevis_fastener
A watersail is a sail hung below the boom. It is used mostly on gaff rig boats for extra downwind performance when racing. Often a watersail will be improvised
Watersail
Canadian settlement
point where trains often were backed up when the tracks across the Gaff Topsails were blocked. Millertown Railway Newfoundland Railway "Digital Museums
Millertown_Junction
Two-masted schooner built in New York
pine for her deck. She featured two sails with four jibs and large gaff topsails, a typical design for trading vessels on the Great Lakes at the time
Belle_Sheridan_(1852)
took its name from Gandalf the White's horse Shadowfax. J.R. Tolkien, a gaff-topsail schooner of Netherlands registry used for passenger cruises on the Baltic
List of things named after J. R. R. Tolkien and his works
List_of_things_named_after_J._R._R._Tolkien_and_his_works
Type of sailing rig
universally used in the full-rigged ships of the time – though later supplanted by gaff rig in this role. The lateen was developed in the Mediterranean as early
Lateen
Nautical rigging device
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Pelican_hook
Type of sailing vessel
appropriated by seamen to those which carry three masts without a mizzen topsail. Our Northern Mariners, who are trained in the coal-trade, apply this distinction
Barque
System for generating thrust for watercraft
system is based on rigid sails made of composite materials and a tilting gaff rigging, enabling hybrid or primary wind propulsion for commercial and cruise
Wind-assisted_propulsion
Features that define a (ship) sail's shape and function
of a gaff, a sprit or other spar. Throat On a quadrilateral sail, the throat is the upper forward corner of the sail, at the bottom end of a gaff or other
Sail_components
quadrilateral sail set on spars which extend the gaff and boom of a gaff sail. The effect is as if the gaff sail were larger in size, with the extra sail
Ringtail_(sail)
Canadian fishing vessel
registered ton of 29.5. The vessel sailed with the standard rigging and gaff topsail. A schooner with her dimensions would have required a certain amount
Codseeker
Pole used in rigging of a sailing vessel
too close to the prow for a mainsail. Artemon, along with mainsail and topsail, developed into the standard rig of seagoing vessels in imperial times
Mast_(sailing)
Element of sailing rigging
movement. An example of this is at the jaws of a gaff on a gaff rigged or gunter rigged craft. This allows the gaff to slide up and down the mast as sail is hoisted
Parrel_beads
Type of sail
On a square rigged ship, the spanker is a gaff-rigged fore-and-aft sail set from, and aft of, the aftmost mast. Spankers are also called driver, jigger
Spanker_(sail)
platform ran a horizontal yard, the sprit topsail yard, from which a square square-rigged sail called the sprit topsail (the only sail on this mast) hung. Above
Sprit_topmast
Canadian literary award
Family Tree and Frances Itani, Man Without Face 1997 - Patrick Kavanagh, Gaff Topsails 1999 - Alan Cumyn, Man of Bone 2001 - Alan Cumyn, Burridge Unbound 2003
Ottawa_Book_Award
Ropes, cables and chains which support masts of sailing ships
(sometimes haulyards), are used to raise sails and control luff tension. On gaff-rigged vessels, topping lifts hold the yards across the top of the sail aloft
Rigging
U.S. fisheries research ship
staysail, a riding sail, a mainsail, a jib, a flying jib, a fore gaff topsail, a main gaff topsail, a main topmast staysail, and a balloon jib. She carried five
USFC_Grampus
Pinnace built in 1607-08 by colonists at the Popham Colony
was gaff rigged, and a small square sail under the bowsprit. The main-mast on many pinnaces would have been large enough to carry a small topsail. For
Virginia_(pinnace)
Lines that control sails
fore-and-aft rigged sail (a spanker or lateen mizzen, for example) to the gaff and mast and serve the same function as buntlines: to haul in the sail when
Running_rigging
Type of schooner
downwards by the bobstay. The original pinas was schooner-rigged with Bermuda topsails. This type was recorded by Herbert Warington Smyth in 1906. After the 20th
Pinas_(ship)
United States historic place
During the restoration, it was used for the mast, boom, gaff, bowsprit, topsail jack yard, and topsail club. It was sourced in Sitka, Alaska. 14. Southern
Elf_(yacht)
17th-century sailing vessel
the design of Bermudian vessels had largely dispensed with square topsails and gaff rig, replacing them with triangular main sails and jibs. The Bermuda
Bermuda_sloop
Cornish sailing craft
fishing in the waters of Falmouth, Cornwall. Falmouth working boats have a gaff cutter rig and a long keel hull. As well as being general purpose fishing
Falmouth_working_boat
Sailing ship type
that cutter main booms had grown unwieldy. The smaller smacks retained the Gaff rig. The larger smacks were lengthened and re-rigged and new ketch-rigged
Smack_(ship)
Triangular sail that sets ahead of the foremast
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Jib
Spar extending forward from a sailing vessel's prow
including limited use*, outdated† Rigs Textile Bermuda B&R Cat Fore-and-aft Gaff Gunter Junk* Ljungström Mast-aft Pinisi Square Other Rotorsail* Turbosail*
Bowsprit
Type of square sail
needed to sheet home the topsail. In that case, a clue to the arrangement is the absence of footropes.Above it lay topsail. Underhill, H. A. (1955).
Course_(sail)
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GAFF TOPSAILS
GAFF TOPSAILS
Boy/Male
Muslim
The forgiving
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Raphael.German : nickname for someone who was loud or indiscreet, a blabbermouth, from Middle High German raffeln ‘to be noisy’, ‘to scold’.German : from an unexplained personal name, Raffo. Compare Raff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gooch, itself a variant of Goff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Gooch, itself a variant of Goff.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : either a diminutive of Goff or from a pet form of the personal name Godfrey.French : nickname from a diminutive of Old French goffe ‘heavy’, ‘coarse’.
Girl/Female
Greek
Bay tree, or laurel tree. The Greek mythological nymph Daphne was rescued from the unwanted...
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle High German rave ‘lath’.German : from a personal name, Raffo, as yet unexplained.English : variant of Ralph.
Boy/Male
English
Red wolf.
Surname or Lastname
German (also Gräff), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
German (also Gräff), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Graf.English : metonymic occupational name for a clerk or scribe, from Anglo-Norman French grafe ‘quill’, ‘pen’ (a derivative of grafer ‘to write’, Late Latin grafare, from Greek graphein).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, German, Hebrew
Red Wolf; Wolf Counsel
Boy/Male
Indian
The subduer
Boy/Male
Indian
The forgiving
Boy/Male
Muslim
The subduer
Male
English
English surname transferred to forename use, possibly originally a habitational name derived from a place named from Old Norse gafl, GABLE means "gable," a term used to denote a "triangular-shaped hill."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used iron hooks or crooks, Old French, Middle English gaffe.German : from a derivative of the stem geb- (see Gaffke).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Goff.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a respelling of Irish Taaffe. In England this name now occurs mainly in South Yorkshire.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : nickname for a red-haired person (see Gough).English (of Cornish and Breton origin) : occupational name from Cornish and Breton goff ‘smith’ (cognate with Gaelic gobha). The surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin, introduced by followers of William the Conqueror.Irish : reduced form of McGoff.Edward Goffe was a farmer in Cambridge MA whose house was acquired by Harvard College some time before 1654 and used as a dormitory, known as Goffe’s College.
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