Truck (rigging)

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For other uses, see Truck (disambiguation).

A truck is a nautical term for a wooden ball, disk, or bun-shaped cap at the top of a mast, with holes in it through which flag halyards are passed.^[1] Trucks are also used on wooden flagpoles, to prevent them from splitting.

Without a masthead truck, water could easily seep into the circular growth rings of a wooden mast. However, the grain in the truck is perpendicular to that of the mast, allowing the water to run off it.

References

↑ Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier" by Harold A. Underhill ISBN 0-85174-173-8

v t e Sails, spars and rigging

Rigs	Bermuda rig Cat rig Full rig Gaff rig Junk rig Ljungstrom rig Mast aft rig

Sail types	Asymmetrical spinnaker Junk sail Lugsail Parafoil Ringtail Spinnaker Turbosail Rotorsail Wingsail

Sails (sail plan)	Course Crab claw Driver Extra Fisherman Genoa Gennaker Jib Lateen Mainsail Moonraker Royal Skysail Screecher Spanker Spinnaker Spritsail Staysail Studding Topgallant Topsail Trysail Watersail

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