The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Monkey Gaff

Sea Terms

The light gaff situated above the spanker gaff on the mizzen mast of a ship, and projecting from the topmast head. Signal halliards are rove through the end of this gaff.

Masts and spars of a ship, named from bowsprit to monkey-gaff
Masts and spars of a ship, named from bowsprit to monkey-gaff
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