Mizzen-mast

The mizzen mast is a sailing - ship's mast, which is positioned behind the main mast and usually the farthest on a ship. It owes its name to the leadership of his bream. The Kreuzunterrahbrassen run crosswise of the Backbordrahnock to the starboard rigging standing in front of the main mast and reverse the starboard bream. Then run through several blocks on deck to pin rail behind the mainmast, so that you can find the starboard bream on the port side and vice versa, which significantly reduces mutual interference at the braces of the foremast and the working at the braces of the mizzen sailors.

In Germany there since the late 19th century a tendency the last mast of a ship full mizzen and the same call at a Bark mizzen mast. Also it seemed to refer to the third mast of a four-masted barque as mizzen, although its bream were run aft to the mizzen mast. Before this time the names Besan and Cross were synonymous in use.

  • Fock, wholesale, mizzen / mizzen
  • Fock, wholesale, Eights (also main mast ), mizzen / mizzen
  • Fock, large, medium -, eight - (main), mizzen / mizzen
  • Fock, wholesale, Cross, Tanzer ( Jager mast ), mizzen ( German. According engl System) fore, main, mizzen, jigger, spanker mast ( English system )
  • Fock, wholesale, Cross, Tanzer ( Jager mast ), driver, mizzen ( German. According engl System) fore, main, mizzen, jigger, driver, spanker mast ( English system ).

In the English terminology of ship masts of the mizzen mast appears as " mizzen mast " and the mast is behind the "main mast " ( lit. main mast ( " large boom " in the German system ) ). After the Anglo-Saxon system follows behind the " mizzen mast " on four-masted full- ships ( the last ) and vessels of more than four masts ( boats, gaff schooners, barquentines ) as the fourth pole of the " jigger mast " (dancer pole ). In six masters ( gaff schooner, schooner barges ) is called the fifth mast "driver mast " (driver mast ). The last mast at all barges, schooners and barquentines was the " spanker mast " ( mizzen ). The "pusher mast " ( slide mast ) as the sixth mast there was only ( in this system ) on the Thomas W. Lawson, the only seven ever built mast gaff schooner. There was no uniformity in the English Mast naming system, sometimes also became the " spanker mast " before the " driver mast " is set (see names of the masts of the Thomas W. Lawson ). Since no Six Master for German shipowners ever built, there was no original German names pole for " jigger mast ", "driver mast " and "pusher mast ". In the German Fünfmastrahseglern ( Potsoi, Preussen, RC Rickmers ) was compared with the four-masted ships of the center pole as the fifth mast added. In honor of F. Laeisz the fourth mast was in the two five masters of the shipping company " Laeisz - mast ".

The mizzen mast consists of:

  • Cross base mast
  • Kreuzmarsstenge
  • Kreuzbramstenge
  • Kreuzroyalstenge (if not part of the Kreuzbramstenge )
  • Kreuzskystenge (if not part of the Kreuzbram or Kreuzroyalstenge )

The yards are called:

  • Cross ( sub) rah ( Bagienrah )
  • Kreuzuntermarsrah ( in undivided topsail: Kreuzmarsrah )
  • Kreuzobermarsrah
  • Kreuzunterbramrah ( in undivided topgallants: Kreuzbramrah )
  • Kreuzoberbramrah
  • Kreuzroyalrah
  • Kreuzskyrah

The hot gaffs

  • Besanbaum
  • Besangaffel
  • Oberbesangaffel

Accordingly, the sails are called:

  • Mizzen
  • Oberbesansegel
  • Besantopsegel
  • Bagien or cross sailing
  • Cross sub- topsail ( in undivided topsail: mizzen sail )
  • Cross upper topsail
  • Kreuzunterbramsegel ( in undivided topgallants: Kreuzbramsegel )
  • Kreuzoberbramsegel
  • Cross royals
  • Kreuzskysegel
Brace (sailing) Block (sailing) Port and starboard Full-rigged ship Thomas W. Lawson (ship) Potosi (barque)
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