Meanings of hoist the mainsail in English

No mistakes or omissions had been made, and he proceeded to hoist the mainsail.

They crawled forward and began to hoist the mainsail.

Drake, stand by to hoist the mainsail.

In order to hoist the mainsail well up, he was obliged to carry the halyards to the windlass.

Don't hoist the mainsail.

But Maud and I had a way of voicing each other's thoughts, and she said, as we prepared to hoist the mainsail:

He helped her and Mrs. Nairn on board and when they sat down in the well he and Carroll proceeded to hoist the mainsail.

Samuel Rodman was on deck, and they hoisted the mainsail.

Stumpy had hoisted the mainsail, and hauled her up where the passengers could embark without difficulty.

I hauled in the painter, and pushed off, hoisting the mainsail as the boat receded from the wharf.

They then hoisted the mainsail, and were under way a very few minutes after the party was snugly aboard.

He was not long left in doubt, for the sounds from above soon indicated that a portion of the conspirators were hoisting the mainsail.

While he assisted Miss Collingsby to her seat, I hoisted the mainsail, and in a few moments we were standing out of the river.

Having exhausted ourselves pulling ropes, hoisting the mainsail (which requires effort from everyone) and keeping the Bessie Ellen shipshape, we are ravenously hungry.

" Hoist the mainsail," cried Talboys.