Topsail

A topsail is a sail, which is struck on a framework of the topmast.

Due to the areal increase in the sails during the development of the shipbuilding and better handling of smaller sails, the topsails as the topsails, was equally divided. If such a division, it is called the upper and lower topsails. Since there can be several masts on ships, the name of the mast is placed in front of the sail designation to distinguish the sails. This is how terms such as: large topsail, upper topsail Cross etc.

The Mars or the lower topsail was injured at the second position from the bottom of the mast.