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Updated: May 22, 2025
Why, Elsa, that topm'st must have been sawed a quarter of the way through and that mainstay as much again. I don't really believe he did anything to the foregaff; it appeared to be the natural result of the topm'st's falling, but the damage he did resulted in the wreck of the schooner " "And the death of his own father.
With one swipe it smashed the foregaff to splinters, and half the canvas hung down flapping like a great wing. "I couldn't understand it. I knew the topm'st was in a weakened condition, but not as rotten as punk, and I supposed my foregaff was as solid a piece of timber as ever went into a vessel. "But listen!" as Elsa started to speak. "That isn't all.
They would hook up and haul in a drenched man and a half-sunk boat, till their decks were littered down with nests of dories and the bunks were full. Five times in their watch did Harvey, with Dan, jump at the foregaff where it lay lashed on the boom, and cling with arms, legs, and teeth to rope and spar and sodden canvas as a big wave filled the decks.
They were sailing on the wind with the staysail an old one, luckily set, and Harvey jammed her right into it to show Dan how completely he had mastered the art. The foresail went over with a bang, and the foregaff stabbed and ripped through the staysail, which was, of course, prevented from going over by the mainstay.
He had walked aft, and the three discussed the mystery. "Ever see her before, captain?" asked Code. If there was any man who knew schooners that had fished the Banks or the Bay of Fundy, it was Bijonah Tanner. "Don't cal'late I ever did. I've never saw jest that set to a foregaff nor jest that cut of a jumbo-jib afore." Tanner watched the schooner as she scudded away.
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