Stag ( niderl. Stag , derived from stagen - “propping up”) - standing rigging rigging located in the ship’s diametrical plane and supporting the mast , post and other mast tree in front or unfastening the bowsprit with stem [1] .
On large sailing yachts, the headquarters are named according to their location, for example, a fore-stag, for-sten-stag, for-bram-stag.
Separately stand out headquarters, unfastening the mast tree on the bow. These include a water-shtag holding a bowsprit from below, as well as a harness-hanger (martin-shtag) and a bom-harness-hanger, holding the harness and bom-harness, respectively, and passing through martin-geek .
If the headquarters is used to set sail on it, then it is called according to the name of the sail, for example, staysail -stag or jib -stag.
On yachts, the lowest headquarters is called the main one, coming from the top of the mast - the topstay, located between them - intermediate.
Stag-karnak - tackle made of steel cable fixed between the masts. On large sailing ships, pride is launched on it for loading and unloading goods.
Notes
- ↑ Stanyukovich K. M. Glossary of marine terms found in stories .
Literature
- Stag // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Maritime Dictionary, M, Military publishing house of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR, 1959
- Maritime Encyclopedic Dictionary, L-d, "Shipbuilding", 1991, ISBN 5-7355-0280-8