Home Contact Ship models Drawings Books Photo Search: Previous page Next page Content  Wolfram zu Mondfeld " Historic Ship Models " Page 73       Masts and yards Names of masts and yards     Proportions of masts and topmasts     The Mast     Masthead Crosstrees and caps   Tops Topmasts Bowsprit, sprit topmast, jib boom Proportions of yards The yards Spare spars; Studding sail yards and booms Yard The Lateen yard and gaff Ropes and blocks Ropes Blocks Block strops Belaying pins Sails Sailmaking Bonnets and reefs Bending the sails to the yards Gaff sails Staysails, spritsails, furled sails Set of sails for a warship around 1750 Standing rigging Bowsprit gammoning The Bobstay Loading tackles Shrouds Backstays The Stays The Sprit topmast backstay The Jib boom rigging Running rigging Halyards and slings The Parral The Lifts Development of the lifts The Braces Sheets and tacks Clew lines Bowlines Gaff sails Staysails Studding sails Lateen sails    The Stays Methods of attaching the fore topmast stay in the 16th and 17th centuries Portuguese 1490-1510; Spanish 1500-20 British 1520 Spanish 1520, English 1540-1580 Spanish 1540-80, Dutch 1600 Swedish 1550; English 1580-1600 British 1580-90 British 1580-90 Spanish 1590 Genoan 1600-20; Spanish 1660-90 Venetian 1600-20, Spanish 1620-40 Dutch 1610-20 Neopolitan 1620-40, Spanish 1640 Dutch 1620-40, French 1640 French 1630-40, Genoan 1640-50 British 1630-40 Dutch 1650-60, German 1660- 70 Danish 1650 British 1650-60 British 1660-70 British 1670-80 Dutch 1670, German 1670-80 British 1670-80 French, Spanish 1690-1720 French, Spanish 1690-1720 British 1680-1720 British 1700-20 Portuguese 1510-1520,. Spanish 1520-40, Dutch 1600 Spanish 1510-30,. British 1520-40 Portuguese 1520, British 1580, Genoan 1590-1600

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