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Posted By: kendall
23-Dec-06 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: sails in Tanner's Young Henry Martin
Subject: RE: sails in Tanner's Young Henry Martin

I believe "main" refers to the main mast. In a three mast vessel, it would be the middle one.

The way I heard it was "throw over your topsail and brail up your mizzen". To brail up means to spill the wind from the sail.