Her main boom topping lift and all the braces had been shot away.

A topping lift, holds up the free end of the boom when the sail is lowered.

A topping lift is used to hold a boom up in the absence of sail tension.

Topping lifts are primarily used to hold a boom up when the sail is lowered.

The most common topping lift on a modern sailboat is attached to the boom.

The topping lift was slackened away so that the mainsail took up the weight of the boom.

When the sail is furled, a topping lift supplies the upward force on the boom.

When the sail is raised again, the topping lift is loosened or removed.

The boom was trailing in the water, topping lift and mainsheet carried away.

Hydraulic vangs can inherently act in the topping lift role.

However, the gaff requires two halyards and often two topping lifts.

Topping lifts, which hold booms and yards aloft.

A topping lift may also refer to a line on the front of the mast used to rig the spinnaker pole.

Shearing through the backstays and the topping lift.

Trollers typically have several long booms which they lift and drop with "topping lifts".

Some line vang systems incorporate a piston to provide the topping lift force and to damp oscillations.

Topping lifts, downhauls and sliding mast tracks for spinnaker boom attachments.

A topping lift is standard, as well as more purchase on the peak halyard and mainsheet.

For small booms, the topping lift may be run from end of the boom to the backstay or next mast aft.

'Make up topping lifts .

'Aye, aye, sir, and I've doubled up on the topping lifts and guys, as you suggested.'

Her waist was a cat's cradle of lines and topping lifts, unstowed since her spars were unshackled.

The Universal Hallen derrick, replacing the D-frame option, is a kind of traditional topping lift.

Derrick devised a beam with a topping lift and pulleys for his hangings, instead of the old-fashioned rope over the beam method.

Purpose built trollers are usually equipped with two or four trolling booms raised and lowered by topping lifts, held in position by adjustable stays.