jury mast

While the crew labored to rig a spar as a jury mast, the ship's mainmast broke and toppled into the sea.

Under jury masts and a temporary rudder she got a considerable distance out of the Sleeve when a gale came up.

Old salts know that a jury mast is hastily put up to replace a mast that has been broken or swept away.

They would also need fresh water, firewood, and jury masts.

Impétueux had been caught in a hurricane earlier in the summer and was badly damaged, limping to port under jury masts.

So a jury mast could be various things.

Ships always carried a variety of spare sails, so rigging the jury mast once erected was mostly a matter of selecting appropriate size.

Due to a lack of hard historical evidence there is also uncertainty whether it was ever commonly used for rigging jury masts.

By chance she fell in with a ship under jury masts that proved to be a French frigate.

With jury masts and a temporary rudder she was making fair progress when the wind backed and made the coast of Jutland a lee shore.