dismast
Remove ship's poles
To dismast a ship is to break off or remove its mast or masts, typically through storm damage or enemy fire: The hurricane dismasted three vessels in the harbor.
The term belongs to nautical contexts and appears most often in historical accounts of sailing ships.
Ropes controlling ship sails
- sparNautical support beam
- boomLoud deep sound
- mainmastShip's central vertical spar
- foremastShip's frontmost vertical spar
mizzenmast · topmast · yardarm · shrouds · forestay · backstay · splinter · fracture
rigging
Ropes controlling ship sails
foremast · mizzenmast · topmast · yardarm · shrouds · forestay · backstay · splinter · fracture · breakage
adrift
Floating without control
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
flotsam · jetsam · wreck · hulk · reef · shoal · rocks · stranded · beached · capsized
gale
Severe sustained wind
hurricane · cyclone · monsoon · nor'easter · williwaw · gusts · headwinds · seas · swell · waves