Where the devil was that frigate now, he thought bitterly as he watched first the big mainsail and then the foresail swing over on thechasse-marée.

The mizzen went first; then the big mainsail vanished around the self-furling boom, and Amanda slowed.

The big mainsail occasionally lost the wind and filled again with a bang which shook the ship.

The big mainsail provides most of the drive, and the small headsail is easier for a short-handed crew to manage.

So the chest went aboard, and in the middle of the afternoon we hoisted the Reindeer's big mainsail and cast off.

A fair breeze from the east bellied the big single mainsail, hurrying the ship across the shoreline toward the white-flecked main.

The client expected a bigger mainsail and new deck moulding and an effective keel to give greater stability.

It happened that we had already put two reefs in the big mainsail.

The big white mainsail filled with wind, snapping the lines tight.

The first arrow blurred high over the heads of the searats like a red comet, arcing into the big mainsail of Greenfang.