| He stopped occasionally to study the weather, peered closely up at the topsails to make sure the yards were correctly trimmed. |
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| With the wind starting to blow harder, the fore and main topsails were handed and storm lashings secured. |
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| Despite carrying topsails she misses stays when we try and come about and I am forced to wear ship. |
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| You will get the gist of the action, and not miss out on anything, even if you don't know about topsails and foremasts. |
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| The jibsails came down smoothly, then the topsails, until only the topgallants were still drawing. |
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| Above the upper topsails are the topgallant sails and above these, the royals and the skysails. |
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| She had a full set of sails including double topsails, single topgallant sails and nothing above the royal yards. |
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| For example, in a fresh gale, a well-conditioned man-of-war could just carry in chase, full and by, treble-reefed topsails, etc. |
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| If it freshens more, though, between this and eight bells, you can take in the topgallants if you like, and a reef in the topsails as well. |
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| He works in the topsails and makes fast friends with his companions and a veteran sailor, referred to as the Dansker. |
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| Her fore and mizen topgallant masts had been carried away, the topgallant sails hung before the topsails, with the main topgallant masts standing, and all her sails set. |
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| The Challenger crew sighted their first iceberg on February 10, 1874, after weathering a storm of such ferocity that the ship was forced to run under treble-reefed topsails. |
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| As they approached the coast of Western Australia the wind blew too heavily for the ship to make landfall and they had to heave to with close reefed topsails. |
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| Eagle has a pin for every line, but in a pinch, we could have gotten by with some lines doubled up, such as the buntlines on the royals, t'gallants, and topsails. |
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| We sprang aloft and double reefed the topsails, and furled all the other sails, and made all snug. |
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