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    A topsail ("tops'l") is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails. On a square rigged vessel, a...
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    Schooner (redirect from Topsail schooner)
    being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schooner also has a square topsail on the foremast, to which may be added a topgallant. Differing...
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    Topsail Island (/ˈtɑːpsɪl/, TOP-sill) is a 26-mile (41.8 km) long barrier island off the coast of North Carolina, roughly equidistant between the barrier...
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    square-rigged sails including a crossjack, topsail, save-all topsail, and top gallant sail, as well as a gaff-rigged topsail on the main mast and a jib and flying...
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  • A topsail is the second square sail up a mast in a sailboat. Topsail may also refer to: Topsail, Newfoundland and Labrador, a community in Conception...
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    Topsail–Paradise is a provincial electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador. As of 2011 there are 14,830 people living in the district. Topsail–Paradise...
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  • families. The Topsails takes its name from the surrounding landscape which includes Main Topsail, Mizzen Topsail, Gaff Topsail and Fore Topsail which are...
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    North Topsail Beach is a town in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 1,005. It is located on...
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  • The Pender-Topsail Post & Voice is an American, English language community newspaper based in Burgaw, North Carolina. The paper provides coverage of news...
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    South was formed in 1973 through the amalgamation of eight communities (Topsail, Chamberlains, Manuels, Long Pond, Foxtrap, Kelligrews, Upper Gullies and...
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    Topsail Beach is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington, NC Metropolitan...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Topsail Hill Preserve State Park. Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is a 1,640-acre (6.6 km2) Florida State Park...
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    Topsail is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. In 2011, there are 11,080 eligible...
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  • Topsail High School is a High School located in the unincorporated town of Hampstead, North Carolina. It is part of Pender County Schools and its current...
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    sails, in order from bottom to top, are: Course sail Topsail, or Lower topsail, if fitted. Upper topsail, if fitted. Topgallant sail, or Lower topgallant...
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    Route 60, also known as Topsail Road in Mount Pearl and St. Johns, and as Conception Bay Highway for the rest of its length, is a 74.7-kilometre-long...
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    The Shenandoah is a 108-foot (33 m) topsail schooner built in Maine in 1964, and operates as a cruise ship and educational vessel in the waters of Vineyard...
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    immediately above the topsail or topsails. It is also known as a gallant or garrant sail. Later full-rigged ships split the topsail (and often the topgallant...
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    until about 1800. Until the mid-18th century, most ships also flew a sprit-topsail from the short sprit topmast that rose vertically above the fore end of...
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    Jacob Meindert, a Baltimore Clipper registered in Malta, was originally an icebreaking tug named Oldeoog. The tug was purchased at auction by Willem Sligting...
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    It (Comedy, Crime, Drama), John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells, Mike Smith, Topsail Entertainment, retrieved 2024-09-23 Roberts, Sheila (4 July 2013). "Trailer...
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    Labrador--were also amalgamated with Paradise. These areas are Three Island Pond, Topsail Pond, Elizabeth Park, and Evergreen Village. Operating from 1896 to 1915...
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    Hammock Savannas Seabranch St. Lucie Inlet St. Sebastian River Tarkiln Bayou Topsail Hill Tosohatchee Waccasassa Bay Yellow River Marsh State trails Blackwater...
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  • elementary schools serving the community: North Topsail Elementary, South Topsail Elementary, Topsail Elementary, and Surf City Elementary. Each of these...
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    square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second...
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    was a reproduction of a typical early 19th-century "Baltimore clipper" topsail schooner, commissioned to represent Baltimore, Maryland. This was a style...
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    the historical Friends Good Will (1811–1813), a merchant square-rigged topsail sloop that was overtaken by the events of the War of 1812. The British...
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    Erik Ribbing, was ordered by the English to strike his ship's mizzen topsail for "the King of England's ships", with Ribbing promptly responding by...
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  • Elementary (Burgaw) North Topsail Elementary (Hampstead) Penderlea Elementary (Willard) Rocky Point Elementary (Rocky Point) South Topsail Elementary (Hampstead)...
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    Drumheller, Alberta Walsh, Alberta, see Medicine Hat, Alberta Main Topsail Hill, near Gaff Topsails, Newfoundland and Labrador Arches, St. Anthony, Newfoundland...
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