Mast (sailing), the Glossary
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat.[1]
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96 relations: Age of Discovery, Age of Sail, Airfoil, Alexandria, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Antenna (radio), Archaeology (magazine), Archimedes, Barcelona, Bireme, Bow (watercraft), Bowsprit, Brig, Byzantine navy, Caere, Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer, Catalonia, Charles I of Anjou, Classical antiquity, Composite material, Conifer, Corinth, Corsica, Derrick, Dismasting, Dromon, Early Middle Ages, Etruscan civilization, Foresail, Full-rigged ship, Galley, Greco-Roman world, Greek language, Gudgeon, Guyed mast, H3 (Kuwait), Hiero II of Syracuse, Indirect fire, Italy, J Class (yacht), Jean MacIntosh Turfa, Kalinga (historical region), Ketch, Krater, Late antiquity, Late Middle Ages, Lateen, Lattice mast, Lionel Casson, ... Expand index (46 more) »
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Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail.
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Age of Sail
The Age of Sail is a period in European history that lasted at the latest from the mid-16th (or mid-15th) to the mid-19th centuries, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culminated, particularly marked by the introduction of naval artillery, and ultimately reached its highest extent at the advent of the analogue Age of Steam.
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Airfoil
An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.
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Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Antenna (radio)
In radio engineering, an antenna (American English) or aerial (British English) is the interface between radio waves propagating through space and electric currents moving in metal conductors, used with a transmitter or receiver.
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Archaeology (magazine)
Archaeology is a bimonthly magazine for the general public, published by the Archaeological Institute of America.
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Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse was an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor from the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily.
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
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Bireme
A bireme is an ancient oared warship (galley) with two superimposed rows of oars on each side.
Bow (watercraft)
The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.
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Bowsprit
The bowsprit of a sailing vessel is a spar extending forward from the vessel's prow.
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Brig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Mast (sailing) and brig are sailing rigs and rigging.
Byzantine navy
The Byzantine navy was the naval force of the Byzantine Empire.
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Caere
: Caere (also Caisra and Cisra) is the Latin name given by the Romans to one of the larger cities of southern Etruria, the modern Cerveteri, approximately 50–60 kilometres north-northwest of Rome.
Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
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Catalonia
Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
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Charles I of Anjou
Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou.
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Classical antiquity
Classical antiquity, also known as the classical era, classical period, classical age, or simply antiquity, is the period of cultural European history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD comprising the interwoven civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome known together as the Greco-Roman world, centered on the Mediterranean Basin.
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Composite material
A composite material (also called a composition material or shortened to composite, which is the common name) is a material which is produced from two or more constituent materials.
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Conifer
Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.
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Corinth
Corinth (Kórinthos) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece.
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Corsica
Corsica (Corse; Còrsega) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France.
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Derrick
A derrick is a lifting device composed at minimum of one guyed mast, as in a gin pole, which may be articulated over a load by adjusting its guys.
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Dismasting
Dismasting, also called demasting, occurs to a sailing ship when one or more of the masts responsible for hoisting the sails that propel the vessel breaks.
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Dromon
A dromon (from Greek δρόμων) was a type of galley and the most important warship of the Byzantine navy from the 5th to 12th centuries AD, when they were succeeded by Italian-style galleys.
Early Middle Ages
The Early Middle Ages (or early medieval period), sometimes controversially referred to as the Dark Ages, is typically regarded by historians as lasting from the late 5th to the 10th century.
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Etruscan civilization
The Etruscan civilization was an ancient civilization created by the Etruscans, a people who inhabited Etruria in ancient Italy, with a common language and culture who formed a federation of city-states.
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Foresail
A foresail is one of a few different types of sail set on the foremost mast (foremast) of a sailing vessel. Mast (sailing) and foresail are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Full-rigged ship
A full-rigged ship or fully rigged ship is a sailing vessel with a sail plan of three or more masts, all of them square-rigged. Mast (sailing) and full-rigged ship are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Galley
A galley was a type of ship which relied mostly on oars for propulsion that was used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe.
Greco-Roman world
The Greco-Roman civilization (also Greco-Roman culture or Greco-Latin culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans.
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Greek language
Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.
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Gudgeon
A gudgeon is a socket-like, cylindrical (i.e., female) fitting attached to one component to enable a pivoting or hinging connection to a second component.
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Guyed mast
A guyed mast is a tall thin vertical structure that depends on guy lines (diagonal tensioned cables attached to the ground or a base) for stability.
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H3 (Kuwait)
H3 (also H3, as-Sabiyah) is an archaeological site in the Subiya Region (Kuwait) that was occupied during the second half of the sixth millennium BC.
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Hiero II of Syracuse
Hiero II (Ἱέρων Β΄; c. 308 BC – 215 BC), also called Hieron II, was the Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Greek Sicily, from 275 to 215 BC, and the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon.
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Indirect fire
Indirect fire is aiming and firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire.
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Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
J Class (yacht)
The J Class of racing yachts (sometimes called "J-boats") were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule.
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Jean MacIntosh Turfa
Jean MacIntosh Turfa (born 1947 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American archaeologist and authority on the Etruscan civilization.
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Kalinga (historical region)
Kalinga is a historical region of India.
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Ketch
A ketch is a two-masted sailboat whose mainmast is taller than the mizzen mast (or aft-mast), and whose mizzen mast is stepped forward of the rudder post. Mast (sailing) and ketch are sailing rigs and rigging.
Krater
A krater or crater (κρᾱτήρ|krātḗr|mixing vessel,; crātēr) was a large two-handled type of vase in Ancient Greek pottery and metalwork, mostly used for the mixing of wine with water.
Late antiquity
Late antiquity is sometimes defined as spanning from the end of classical antiquity to the local start of the Middle Ages, from around the late 3rd century up to the 7th or 8th century in Europe and adjacent areas bordering the Mediterranean Basin depending on location.
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Late Middle Ages
The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from AD 1300 to 1500.
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Lateen
A lateen (from French latine, meaning "Latin") or latin-rig is a triangular sail set on a long yard mounted at an angle on the mast, and running in a fore-and-aft direction. Mast (sailing) and lateen are sailing rigs and rigging.
Lattice mast
Lattice masts, or cage masts, or basket masts, are a type of observation mast common on United States Navy major warships in the early 20th century.
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Lionel Casson
Lionel Casson (July 22, 1914 – July 18, 2009) was a classicist, professor emeritus at New York University, and a specialist in maritime history.
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Lookout
A lookout or look-out is a person in charge of the observation of hazards.
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Lugger
A lugger is a sailing vessel defined by its rig, using the lug sail on all of its one or more masts. Mast (sailing) and lugger are sailing rigs and rigging.
Mainsail
A mainsail is a sail rigged on the main mast of a sailing vessel. Mast (sailing) and mainsail are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Mast (sailing)
The mast of a sailing vessel is a tall spar, or arrangement of spars, erected more or less vertically on the centre-line of a ship or boat. Mast (sailing) and mast (sailing) are history of forestry, sailing rigs and rigging, Windsurfing equipment and wood products.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Merchant ship
A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire.
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Nautical Archaeology Society
The Nautical Archaeology Society (NAS) is a charity registered in England and Wales The Nautical Archaeology Society is registered charity number 264209 and in Scotland and is a company limited by guarantee.
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Naval flag signalling
Naval flag signalling covers various forms of flag signalling, such as semaphore or flaghoist, used by various navies; distinguished from maritime flag signalling by merchant or other non-naval vessels or flags used for identification.
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Navigation light
A navigation light, also known as a running or position light, is a source of illumination on a watercraft, aircraft or spacecraft, meant to give information on the craft's position, heading, or status.
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Ostia Antica
Ostia Antica is an ancient Roman city and the port of Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber.
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Pagoda mast
A pagoda mast was a type of superstructure erected on a tripod mast that was common on Japanese capital ships that were reconstructed during the 1930s in a bid to improve their fighting performance.
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Pintle
A pintle is a pin or bolt, usually inserted into a gudgeon, which is used as part of a pivot or hinge.
Pyxis (vessel)
A pyxis (Greek: πυξίς;: pyxides) is a shape of vessel from the classical world, usually a cylindrical box with a separate lid and no handles.
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Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
Radar cross section
Radar cross-section (RCS), denoted σ, also called radar signature, is a measure of how detectable an object is by radar.
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Rangefinder
A rangefinder (also rangefinding telemeter, depending on the context) is a device used to measure distances to remote objects.
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Rigging
Rigging comprises the system of ropes, cables and chains, which support and control a sailing ship or sail boat's masts and sails. Mast (sailing) and Rigging are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
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Roman navy
The naval forces of the ancient Roman state (lit) were instrumental in the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean Basin, but it never enjoyed the prestige of the Roman legions.
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Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
Rudder
A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water).
Running rigging
Running rigging is the rigging of a sailing vessel that is used for raising, lowering, shaping and controlling the sails on a sailing vessel—as opposed to the standing rigging, which supports the mast and bowsprit. Mast (sailing) and Running rigging are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Sail
A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles. Mast (sailing) and sail are sailing rigs and rigging.
Sail plan
A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig.
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Sailing ship
A sailing ship is a sea-going vessel that uses sails mounted on masts to harness the power of wind and propel the vessel.
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Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. Mast (sailing) and schooner are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Signal lamp
Signal lamp training during World War II A signal lamp (sometimes called an Aldis lamp or a Morse lamp) is a visual signaling device for optical communication by flashes of a lamp, typically using Morse code.
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Sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Mast (sailing) and sloop are sailing rigs and rigging.
Spar (sailing)
A spar is a pole of wood, metal or lightweight materials such as carbon fibre used in the rigging of a sailing vessel to carry or support its sail. Mast (sailing) and spar (sailing) are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Spreader (sailboat)
A spreader is a spar on a sailing boat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast. Mast (sailing) and spreader (sailboat) are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Sprit topmast
A sprit topmast is a small topmast that was sometimes carried on the end of the bowsprit of a large European warship during the Age of Sail.
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Square rig
Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. Mast (sailing) and square rig are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Stern
The stern is the back or aft-most part of a ship or boat, technically defined as the area built up over the sternpost, extending upwards from the counter rail to the taffrail.
Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse (Siracusa; Sarausa) is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.
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Syracusia
Syracusia (Συρακουσία, syrakousía, literally "of Syracuse") was an ancient Greek ship sometimes claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity.
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Telecommunications
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.
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Theophrastus
Theophrastus (Θεόφραστος||godly phrased) was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.
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Timber rafting
Timber rafting is a method of transporting felled tree trunks by tying them together to make rafts, which are then drifted or pulled downriver, or across a lake or other body of water.
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Tomb
A tomb (τύμβος tumbos) or sepulcher (sepulcrum.) is a repository for the remains of the dead.
Topsail
A topsail ("tops'l") is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails. Mast (sailing) and topsail are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Tripod mast
The tripod mast is a type of mast used on warships from the Edwardian era onwards, replacing the pole mast.
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Ubaid period
The Ubaid period (c. 5500–3700 BC) is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia.
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Underwater archaeology
Underwater archaeology is archaeology practiced underwater.
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Venice
Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.
Yard (sailing)
A yard is a spar on a mast from which sails are set. Mast (sailing) and yard (sailing) are sailing rigs and rigging.
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Yawl
A yawl is a type of boat. Mast (sailing) and yawl are sailing rigs and rigging.
See also
History of forestry
- Ancient woodland
- Ash burner
- Bark mill
- Baron of Renfrew (ship)
- Blackgang Chine
- British timber trade
- Buchonia
- Ecoforestry
- First International Forestry Exhibition
- Forest law
- Forester
- Foresters
- Georges Fabre
- Heinrich Voelter
- Henry Georges Fourcade
- History of forestry in India
- Ludwig Greiner
- Médéric de Vasselot de Régné
- Mahogany
- Mast (sailing)
- Natural rubber
- Naval stores
- Osier bed
- Potash pit
- Q-pit
- Real de alerce
- Royal forest
- Schüttesäge Museum
- Timber slide
- World Forestry Congress
Windsurfing equipment
- Boom (windsurfing)
- Dakine
- Division II (windsurf board)
- International Speed Windsurfing Class
- Mast (sailing)
- Techno 293
- Wetsuit
- Windglider
- Windsurfing harness
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mast_(sailing)
Also known as Bonaventure mizzen, Fore mast, Fore-mast, Fore-topmast, Foremast, Jigger mast, Jigger-mast, Jiggermast, Lower mast, Main mast, Main topmast, Main-mast, Main-topgallant, Main-topgallantmast, Main-topmast, Mainmast, Mast (sail), Mast (ship), Mast step, Mast-step, Mizenmast, Mizzen, Mizzen mast, Mizzen topgallant mast, Mizzen-mast, Mizzen-topmast, Mizzenmast, Radar mast, Royal mast, Ship's mast, Ships' mast, Tabernacle (sailing), Topgallant mast, Yacht mast.
, Lookout, Lugger, Mainsail, Mast (sailing), Mediterranean Sea, Merchant ship, Nautical Archaeology Society, Naval flag signalling, Navigation light, Ostia Antica, Pagoda mast, Pintle, Pyxis (vessel), Radar, Radar cross section, Rangefinder, Rigging, Roman Empire, Roman navy, Rome, Rudder, Running rigging, Sail, Sail plan, Sailing ship, Schooner, Signal lamp, Sloop, Spar (sailing), Spreader (sailboat), Sprit topmast, Square rig, Stern, Syracuse, Sicily, Syracusia, Telecommunications, Theophrastus, Timber rafting, Tomb, Topsail, Tripod mast, Ubaid period, Underwater archaeology, Venice, Yard (sailing), Yawl.