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• n  a sail (or either of a pair of sails) immediately above the lowermost sail of a mast and supported by a topmast

• On a fine afternoon in December 1872, the brigantine Mary Celeste was picked up heading westward in the South Atlantic under jib and fore-topsail, her galley table set for dinner .
• The tiny topsail schooner Pickle leaked and bucked her way past Spanish Finisterre, through Biscay's Bay, past French Finistere, and English Land's End, to Falmouth.
• Passing Eastern Point, Bluenose was five lengths ahead, hoisted along by her larger jib topsail.

News & Articles

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• NTB approves budget
  North Topsail Beach has approved its budget, and an accompanying 14-cent property tax increase that will go to beach nourishment.
  June 10, 2013 - The Jacksonville Daily News
• Photos - Topsail High School graduation
  Topsail High School held its 88th commencement at Trask Coliseum on June 7.
  June 8, 2013 - The Wilmington Star-News
• Sea turtles released back into ocean at Topsail Beach
  Wednesday was the day that 28 endangered sea turtles had the chance to swim where they belong. Several volunteers at the Sea Turtle Hospital in Topsail Beach says these turtles -- loggerheads, Kemp's Ridleys and green turtles -- are healthy enough to be released back into the ocean.
  June 5, 2013 - News Channel 12 New Bern