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Model of a Fore Topsail
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Model of a fore-course sail with eighteen cloth panels above and twenty-six below, with cross-bands and four reefs, three pop-strops and bowline sprouts. It has a tack block and two sheet blocks; the tack consists of a brass ring connecting the ends of the halyards, each provided with an eye and a grommet, which holds the blocks; the port tack has three eyes (Amsterdam tack). Scale 1:10 (scale on model).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineModel of a Fore Topsail. 1843. J.C. Vergragt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
