What is Mast?
[[Image:Grand Turk(03).jpg|thumb|right|200px|mizzen mast, mainmast and foremast <br /><small>Grand Turk </small>]] [[Image:Mast-rigging.png|thumb|left|{{center|Mast on a [[tall ship]]: (1) mainmast, (2) topmast, (3) topgallent mast, (4-6) [[ratline]]s}}]] The '''mast''' of a sailing [[ship]] is a tall vertical pole which supports the [[sail]]s. Larger [[ship]]s have several masts, with the size depending on the style of ship. Until the [[20th century]], a ship's masts would be wooden [[spar]]s, originally constructed from a single straight [[tree|tree trunk]]. As ship sizes increased, taller masts were constructed by lashing up to three spars together. == Other websites == *http://www.bluewatersailing.com/shipclass.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923193741/http://www.bluewatersailing.com/shipclass.php |date=2010-09-23 }} *http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/virtual/rigging/sails.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060405134036/http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/virtual/rigging/sails.htm |date=2006-04-05 }} *http://tallships.sailtraining.org/sailrigs.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305025200/http://tallships.sailtraining.org/sailrigs.htm |date=2008-03-05 }} *http://boatdesign.net/articles/mast-materials/ *[http://www.sailingahead.com/information/glossary.htm Glossary of Nautical terms, sailing and boat parts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025204651/http://www.sailingahead.com/information/glossary.htm |date=2006-10-25 }} [[Category:Ship building]]