Chase ordered a double rum ration, hung out a larger studdingsail that the sailmaker had stitched, and watched the Revenant on the north-western horizon. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- (2000)
That ship, by far the closest to the French and Spanish line, looked bedraggled, for her studdingsail yards had been shot away and the sails hung like broken wings beside her rigging. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- (2000)
Another hole appeared in the Pucelle's foresail, a studdingsail boom was shot away, a crash sounded close to the larboard water line and another enemy shot bounced across the swells to leave a trail of foam close on the starboard side. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- (2000)
No sooner, too, had the hands jumped into the rigging and the studdingsail halliards and tacks been cast off by the watch on deck and the downhauls and sheets manned, than the "first luff," pitching his voice to yet a higher key, sang out in rapid sequence, "Topmast stu'ns'l downhaul -- haul taut -- clew up -- all down!" ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)
By these being acted on, the wind was first "spilled" out of the three topsails, which were then lowered on the caps; and, the studdingsail booms being triced up to their usual place when not set, in the topmost rigging, the men were able to go out on the yards and commence reefing in earnest. ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)
Her great lower studdingsail swept out from her side for all the world like a butterfly-net, raking the top of the sea for us. ❋ John Masefield (1922)
Now they stripped for the tussle to windward around Cape Horn, sending down studdingsail booms and skysail yards, making all secure with extra lashings, plunging into the incessant head seas of the desolate ocean, fighting it out tack for tack, reefing topsails and shaking them out again, the vigilant commanders going below only to change their clothes, the exhausted seamen stubbornly, heroically handling with frozen, bleeding fingers the icy sheets and canvas. ❋ Ralph Delahaye Paine (1898)
Therefore, all these circumstances coming to my mind in a flash, I jumped to the wheel and helped Chips to put it hard up again, luckily managing to get the little hooker before the wind once more with no further damage than the loss of a studdingsail-boom and the splitting of the lower studdingsail. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
The result of this caution on their part soon became apparent, for we had scarcely fired a dozen shots when we saw the stranger's fore-topmast go swooping over the bows; and the next minute she broached-to, losing her main-topgallant-mast and snapping every one of her studdingsail booms in the process. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
It was during one of these wild sheers that the main topgallant studdingsail-boom snapped short off by the boom-iron; and there was immediately a tremendous hullabaloo aloft of madly slatting canvas and threshing boom, as the studdingsail flapped furiously in the freshening breeze, momentarily threatening to spring the topgallant yard, if, indeed, it did not whip the topgallant-mast out of the ship. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)
He therefore hurriedly gave the order to haul up (2), cutting adrift the topmast studdingsail; a circumstance which to seamen will explain exactly the relative situations. ❋ Unknown (1877)
"Sail ho!" cried a man who was rigging out a top-gallant studdingsail boom. ❋ Unknown (1869)
Down went her helm; studdingsail booms were cracking away on either side; royal and topgallant sheets were let fly; topsails and courses were clewed or brailed up, and the Spaniard yielded himself to the mercy of his captors. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)
During the passage out, every ship in the fleet was exercised with the great guns, firing at a target hung from the end of the fore-topmast studdingsail-boom rigged out for the purpose, so that they became unusually expert. ❋ William Henry Giles Kingston (1847)
Turn the hands up, Mr. Griffith, and pack on the ship from her trucks to her lower studdingsail-booms. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)
He ran and jumped into the sea, just forward of the starboard lower-studdingsail-boom. ❋ James Fenimore Cooper (1820)
We did so, and that so suddenly, that the studdingsail booms snapped like pipe -- shanks, short off by the irons. ❋ Michael Scott (1812)
The sailor bowed, perched himself on the very edge of his chair, scarcely within long arm's length of the table, and sitting bolt upright, as if he had swallowed a spare studdingsail -- boom, drank our healths, and smoothed down his hair on his brow. ❋ Michael Scott (1812)
In a twinkling, the square foresail -- topsail -- topgallant -- royal -- and studdingsail haulyards were let go by the run on board of the schooner, as if they had been shot away, and he put his helm hard aport as, if to round to. ❋ Michael Scott (1812)
Next morning we started at daylight, cracking along at the rate of twelve knots an hour in a sort of gig, with one horse in the shafts, and another hooked on a-- breast of him to a sort of studdingsail -- boom, or outrigger, and followed by three mounted servants, each with a led horse and two sumpter mules. ❋ Michael Scott (1812)
