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Like acrobats, the crew scurried up the masts to the upper topgallant sails that rose nearly 200 feet above us.

Just the second before he spoke, the leech of the topgallant sail had caught over the end of the yard arm.

Both vessels carried their topgallant sails, although the masts bent and threatened to go over the side.

In the same manner, the two topgallant sails gave way, though they were not half worn out.

I held on to my topgallant sails, though the masts buckled, and bent as though the sticks would go over the side.