I'm slogging my way through the rigging on the Discovery1789. I'm looking at this drawing.
You can see the four deadeyes for the shrouds and just behind them and up a bit is a stool with one deadeye. I'm assuming that is for the topmast backstay. Since there doesn't seem to be any provision for terminating a topgallant backstay would you think that there probably wasn't a topgallant mast?
Or, is it possible that they had a topgallant mast with no backstay? That doesn't seem likely to me but what do I know
You can see the four deadeyes for the shrouds and just behind them and up a bit is a stool with one deadeye. I'm assuming that is for the topmast backstay. Since there doesn't seem to be any provision for terminating a topgallant backstay would you think that there probably wasn't a topgallant mast?
Or, is it possible that they had a topgallant mast with no backstay? That doesn't seem likely to me but what do I know