Topgallant sail

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. The topgallant sail is the second from top sail.
Topgallant sails in pink

On a square rigged sailing vessel, a topgallant sail (topgallant alone pronounced "t'gallant", topgallant sail pronounced "t'garns'l",[1] is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above the topsail or topsails. It is also known as a gallant or garrant sail.

Later

topgallant mast. If there is a lower topgallant it is set from midway down the topgallant mast. A staysail set on a stay running forward and downwards from the top or midpoint of the topgallant mast is called a topgallant staysail.[2]

References

  1. ^ C.S. Forester, Beat to Quarters, Chapter VI.
  2. ^ Underhill, Harold (1946). Masting and Rigging. Glasgow: Brown, Son and Ferguson, LTD.