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Two Years Before the Mast

Two Years Before the Mast

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            |        --+--
          --+--      | |j|
           /| |      --+--
          / |f|      | |i|
         /  +--     ---+---
        /  /|e|     |  |  |
       /  / +---    |  | h|
      /  /  |  |   ----+----
     /a /   |d |   |   |   |
    /__/ b  +----  |   | g |
   /  /_____|c  |   \__|____\
  /__/      |___|      |
     \------+----------+-------
      \_______________________/
  a. Flying jib.
  b. Jib.
  c. Foresail.
  d. Foretopsail.
  e. Foretopgallantsail.
  f. Foreroyal.
  g. Mainsail.
  h. Maintopsail.
  i. Maintopgallantsail.
  j. Mainroyal.



                         |
                         |B2
                |        |        |C2
                |A2   6--+--      |
             3--+--      |     9--+--
                |       ||        |
               ||       |        ||
               |     5--+--      |
           2---+---     |B1      |C1
  E --__       |A1     ||    8---+---
        --__  ||       |         |
            --|   4----+----    ||
         1----+----    |   7----+----          G __--
              |        |        |            __-- /
              |A       |B       |C     F __-- \  /
   D          |        |        |    __--     H\/
  ------______|________|________|________---------
        \_______________________________/
   A. Mizzenmast.
  A1. Mizzentopmast.
  A2. Mizzentopgallant and royalmast.
   B. Mainmast.
  B1. Maintopmast.
  B2. Maintopgallant and royalmast.
   C. Foremast.
  C1. Foretopmast.
  C2. Foretopgallant and royalmast.
   D. Spanker boom.
   E. Spanker gaff.
   F. Bowsprit.
   G. Jib boom and flying jib boom.
   H. Martingale boom.
  1. Crossjack yard.
  2. Mizzentopsail yard.
  3. Mizzentopgallant yard.
  4. Main yard.
  5. Maintopsail yard.
  6. Maintopgallant yard.
  7. Fore yard.
  8. Foretopsail yard.
  9. Foretopgallant yard.

[Editor: Many more numbered lifts, stays, and braces were left out of these simplified diagrams. They are intended to be viewed using a fixed-width font.]

Each mast section is joined to the lower one in two places:

              | |
              | |
           ___|_|_
           \_____/  Mast cap.
            | | |
            | | |
            | | |
           _|_|_|_
           \_____/  Trestletree.
            | |
            | |


Each mast also sports net-like rigging from the lowest trestletree to the deck. These are called "shrouds".




TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST


CONTENTS

  PREFACE
I   DEPARTURE
II   FIRST IMPRESSIONS—"SAIL HO!"
III   SHIP'S DUTIES—TROPICS
IV   A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—"LAND HO!"—POMPERO—CAPE HORN
V   CAPE HORN—A VISIT
VI   LOSS OF A MAN—SUPERSTITION
VII   JUAN FERNANDEZ—THE PACIFIC
VIII   "TARRING DOWN"—DAILY LIFE—"GOING AFT"—CALIFORNIA
IX   CALIFORNIA—A SOUTH-EASTER
X   A SOUTH-EASTER—PASSAGE UP THE COAST
XI   PASSAGE UP THE COAST—MONTEREY
XII   LIFE AT MONTEREY
XIII   TRADING—A BRITISH SAILOR
XIV   SANTA BARBARA—HIDE-DROGHING—HARBOR DUTIES—DISCONTENT—SAN PEDRO
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