spenser-mast

Updated: May 17, 2025

At this instant the chief mate, who was standing on the top of the windlass, at the foot of the spenser-mast, called out, ``Lay out there and furl the jib! This was no agreeable or safe duty, yet it must be done. Another one must go. It was a clear case of holding back.

Richard Henry Dana - Two Years Before the Mast