They loosed the fore-topsail and they set the foretopmast staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference

At 6 the fore-topsail was taken in, and the ship hove-to under the main topsail and the main trysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wreck on the Andamans] Reference

The order had only been obeyed in respect to the fore-topsail, when the squall struck the yacht with such fury that she careened, and lurched violently to port.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876] Reference

The latter had her fore and fore-topsail yards wounded, and they unfortunately broke in the slings in stays; which threw her out, and impeded the tacking of the Victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1] Reference

They were all flapping in the wind except the fore-topsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication] Reference

The head sails were hoisted, the fore-topsail sheeted home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archibald Hughson An Arctic Story] Reference

A rough painting of the Crucifixion adorned her fore-topsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy] Reference

Anxiously the commander looked at the fore-topsail still aback.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean] Reference

It was the fore-topsail which had been blown from the bolt-ropes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean] Reference

On the 10th of January, it was impossible to work our fore-topsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century] Reference

"Lay aloft, and help shake out the fore-topsail," said the captain to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Work and Win or, Noddy Newman on a Cruise] Reference

Except a closely reefed fore-topsail and mizzen-trysail, not a sail remained.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rival Crusoes] Reference

She was square-rigged on the foremast, carrying fore-topsail and fore-course.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Submarine Hunters A Story of the Naval Patrol Work in the Great War] Reference

The fore-topsail was blown out of the hands of the four seamen who had gone aloft to secure it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock] Reference

Then there was a dull explosion heard even above the gale, and the fore-topsail split into ribbons.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Chapter of Adventures] Reference

"She has gone down the river; and the last I saw of her, she was shaking out her fore-topsail," I replied.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi] Reference

At the same moment the crew throwing themselves out on the fore-topsail yard, that sail was quickly reefed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean] Reference

The main-topsail yard had just reached the cap, and the fore-topsail was the only sail showing to the breeze.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days] Reference

Quickly recovering herself, however, the fore-topsail being braced sharp up, her head "paid off" before the wind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean] Reference

But before the staysail could be set, and before the fore-topsail could be furled, a violent squall struck the brig.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock] Reference

The main topmast was shot away, the shrouds were torn to threads, and the gaff of the fore-topsail was badly wounded.    From Wordnik.com.  [Athelstane Ford] Reference

The fore-topsail had hitherto stood, but as it tugged and tugged away it seemed as if it would fly from the bolt-ropes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heir of Kilfinnan A Tale of the Shore and Ocean] Reference

Spilling-lines had been got over the closely reefed fore-topsail, but even then it seemed that the sail would break away.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rival Crusoes] Reference

A bath, an early breakfast, and I went to work once more, the bending and setting, of the fore-topsail being my first job.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Castaways] Reference

"Furl the fore-topsail," cried the captain, with a kind of desperation, which indicated his sense of the peril of the brig.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Coming Wave The Hidden Treasure of High Rock] Reference

The ship was now under mizen-topsail, close-reefed main-topsail, and fore-topsail and foresail, no new mainsail having been bent.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Boy's Voyage Round the World] Reference

She was furiously plunging into the seas, when once more a report was heard, and the fore-topsail was seen blowing away in shreds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rival Crusoes] Reference

The anchor was weighed, and the transport ran out under her fore-topsail, as they were light-handed, and had to secure the anchor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Midshipman Easy] Reference

The fore-topsail was first furled, and the maintopsail, which was closely reefed, and the fore-topmast staysail were the only sails set.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Voyage round the World A book for boys] Reference

The wind was blowing fresh from the southwest, and I was not a little astonished to see that her crew were shaking out her fore-topsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi] Reference

The topgallant-masts were struck, and every sail was furled except a closely reefed fore-topsail, with which the ship ran before the gale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adrift in a Boat] Reference