10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAINTOP»
Discover the use of
maintop in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
maintop and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Man Overboard, Or, Conversation in the
Maintop
3 eonfidence'might be placed in him. So surely as an' order was given, so
certainly would it be executed by him with cheerfulness and despatch. He was to
be found at his station by day and by night, whether the "'eye bf his superior was
upon ...
2
Famous Ships of the British Navy. Stories of enterprise and ...
Maintop-gallant mast. Maintop-gallnut yard. Maintop-sail yard. . Main-yard.
Mizentop-mast. Mizentop-gallant mast. Mizentop-gallzuit yard. Mizentop-sail yard
. Cross-jack yard. The gafl“. The spanker-boom. The fore-chains. . The main-
chains.
William Henry Davenport Adams, 1868
3
Minutes of the Proceedings at a Court Martial: Assembled for ...
A. Letting one Reef out of her Top- sails, as sar as I could judge, in the doing of
which the Maintop-sail was split; and, as well as I can recollect, the Maintop-mast
Stay- sail was set. Q^ How do you know the Maintop-sail was split? — A. The ...
Anthony James Pye Molloy, 1795
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Magnificent ----- 74 Disabled mainmast ; maintop-mast shivered ; obliged to go
into port to refit. Melville ------ 74 Lost mainmast, 8tc. ; maintop-mast shivered.
Was proceeding just after a refit to sea from Malta ; obliged to put back.
Madagascar ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1840
5
The United Service Magazine
In the log of that day, being under close-reefed fore and maintop-sail, main and
mizen try-sail, and lore stay-sail, at noon it was marked " hard gales with heavy
squalls and a heavy sea ; ship remarkably easy, carrying a turn weather helm.
Arthur William Alsager Pollock, 1838
6
The United Service Magazine
The look-out man at the maintop-mast-head of the frigate was instantly called
down by the captain, and severely punished on the spot, for not having
discovered and reported the stranger before the flag-ship had made the signal to
chase.
7
The Annual Register: Or a View of the History, Politics and ...
A great many of the crew took refuge in the maintop, and I got outside the ship on
the weather quarter-gallery, it being ... the maintop sail, and carried away the
maintop-mast with all its gear, and likewise washed four men out of the maintop.
8
A code of signals for the use of the mercantile navy
54 Maidservant 55 Mail 56 Maim 57 Maimed 58 Main 59 Mainchains 60
Mainland 61 Mainmast 62 Mainrigging 63 Mainsail 64 Mainsbeet 65 Maintack 66
Maintain ness able 67 Maintenance 68 Maintop 69 Maintopmast 70 Maintopmast
...
Bethune James Walker, 1841
9
The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year
Poor Millroy slabbed one in the side, and cut another in the forehead before he
was overcome. I saw none left bur myself, the cook, and one boy, *hich were all
in the maintop together ; and ibout an hour after two others appeared, one of
which ...
10
The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History and Politics ...
The weather was then getting worse, and the ship was kept hauled to the wind on
the port tack under the doublereefed fore and maintop-sail, foresail, and
foretopmast-staysail, the foresail being hauled up and the maintop-sail lowered
down ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAINTOP»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
maintop is used in the context of the following news items.
Record-breaking sale at Roma
W&E Jackson, Maintop North, Injune, sold 470kg Limousin-cross steers to 304c/$1432. Newstead Pastoral Co, Newstead, Surat, sold 349kg ... «Queensland Country Life, Jul 15»
BAMA's Doublehanded Farallones kicks off offshore racing season
We rode a header SW until tacking back toward R8, tacking back to starboard, and riding the lift all the way to Maintop, able to crack off just ... «Sail World, Apr 15»
Exclusive BOOM! Studios Preview: Cluster #2
BOOM Cluster 02 A Maintop BOOM! Studios have provided ComicBook.com with an exclusive preview of next week's second issue of Ed ... «Comicbook.com, Feb 15»
Spy Rock is just one of many Nelson treasures
Lying atop a spur of Maintop Mountain at 3,980 feet, is Spy Rock — a natural rock landing pad that offers a 360-degree view of the surrounding ... «Lynchburg News and Advance, Sep 14»
Roma Store 1 July 2014: Yarding jumps 40pc
W G Jackson, Maintop North, Injune, sold EU Angus-cross steers to 198c for 301kg to return $597. Hartnell & Connolly, Homebush, Mitchell, ... «Beef Central, Jul 14»
Hey, 'Budd,' let's party
... Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program such as bass Valentin Anikin (Novice's Friend) and Vladimir Dmitruk (Maintop). The music was ... «OCRegister, Mar 14»
Mark Padmore leads an unforgettable “Billy Budd” from …
... as Arthur Jones and tenors Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Daniel Norman and Duncan Rock as Maintop, Red Whiskers and the Novice's Friend. «New York Classical Review, Feb 14»
Scholarship to honour engineer's thirst for life
... the sailboat Low Speed Chase from San Francisco to loop around Maintop Island as part of the Full Crew Farallones Race on Apr 14, 2012. «Irish Examiner, Sep 13»
Billy Budd – review
... abject Squeak, while Peter Gijsbertsen has been promoted from Maintop to an intimidated Novice; but there are no weak crew members. «The Guardian, Aug 13»
Farallones accident blamed on crew
The eight sailors on the sailboat left San Francisco on April 14 to loop around Maintop Island for the Full Crew Farallones Race but ran into ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Aug 12»
