Topgallant sail
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On a square rigged sailing vessel, a topgallant sail is the square-rigged sail or sails immediately above the topsail or topsails. It is also known as a gallant or garrant sail.
A full rigged ship has two topsails and two topgallant sails per mast, so the lower topgallant sail is immediately above the upper topsail. The upper or only topgallant sail is set from the top of the 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.
| Sails, Spars and Rigging | |
|---|---|
| Sails | |
| Course | Driver | Extra | Genoa | Gennaker | Jib | Lateen | Mainsail | Spanker | Spinnaker | Staysail | Studding | Tallboy | Topgallant | Topsail | Trysail | |
| Sail Anatomy | |
| Clew | Dacron | Foot | Head | Kevlar | Leech | Luff | Tack | |
| Spars | |
| Boom | Bowsprit | Gaff | Mast | Mast (Fore) | Mast (Jigger) | Mast (Main) | Mast (Mizzen) | Masthead Truck | Spar | Spinnaker Pole | Yard | |
| Rigging Components | |
| Backstay | Block | Cleat | Cunningham | Forestay | Gooseneck | Guy | Halyard | Knot | Peak | Preventer | Rigging | Rigging (Running) | Rigging (Standing) | Rope | Sheet | Shroud | Stays | Throat | Truck
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