Sentence examples for mast behind from inspiring English sources

The propeller is usually mounted on a mast behind the pilot and raised for take-off (or to gain more height or distance once airborne) and then lowered back inside the fuselage.

During the Middle Ages, there were two harbours west and east of the city's southern square; in the painting they are only suggested by the presence of a mast behind the city.

Add in details like wooden planks on the boat's body, a small lifesaver, and a mast behind the sails.

How do they know to ask the heavy hitters when your brain is only at half-mast behind the wheel?!

… JancisRobinson: … While in the northern Rhône Valley, growers on the hill of Hermitage battle against the construction of a 54-foot TV mast right behind an iconic chapel.

In September 1917, work was resumed on a new design that added a large anti-torpedo bulge along about 75% of the hull's length, suppression of the torpedo tubes and the 100 mm guns planned by the Norwegians, and a large tripod mast was fitted behind the single funnel to carry the directors for both the 6 inches and 9.2 inches guns.

Keep your feet behind the mast foot, with the toes of the front foot facing forwards.

The sixteen guns were guided by four fire-control directors, two just aft of the conning tower, a third positioned aft of the main mast, and the fourth directly behind turret Caesar.

In September 1917, work was resumed to a new design that added a large anti-torpedo bulge along about 75% of the hull's length, suppression of the torpedo tubes and 100 mm guns planned by the Norwegians, and a large tripod mast was to be fitted behind the single funnel to carry the directors for both the 6 inches and 9.2 inches guns.

But Prada lost one race when the boat dropped its mast, and was only eight seconds behind in another.

Yawl: Yawls are similar to ketches with the difference being that their mizzen masts are located behind the rudder.