mizen-topmen

Updated: May 17, 2025

All hands tally-on to the main tack, and while some are furling the jib, and hoisting the staysail, we mizen-topmen double-reef the mizen topsail and hoist it up. All being made fast "Go below, the watch!" and we turn-in to sleep out the rest of the time, which is perhaps an hour and a half.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast