Credit: James Jin from North Yorkshire, UK
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Comments: The mast and rigging of a Tall Ship, with a blokey climbing up
Credit: Maciej Lewandowski from Dundee, Scotland
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Comments: Mast
From Webster: M`AST, n. A long, round piece of timber, elevated or designed to be raised perpendicularly or nearly so, on the keel of a ship or other vessel, to which the yards,sails and rigging are attached, and by which they are supported. A mast is a single stick, formed from the trunk of a tree, or it consists of many pieces of timber united by iron bands. Masts are of several kinds, as the main-mast, fore-mast, mizzen-mast, top-mast, top-gallant-mast, etc.