An after-sail is one of the sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and the mizzenmast.
The sternmost rigging pole on a ship is typically the mizzenmast. It is located at the aft or rear of the ship and is used to support the mizzen sail.
"Pirate ships" nominally had three: the foremast, mainmast, mizzenmast.
The "Jib" goes out forward, the "Main" goes up the foremast, & the "Mizzen" goes up the mizzenmast.
A Mizzen or also known as a Mizzenmast is a trim or balance sail rather than one that has more driving force.
If a sailing ship has two masts, and the aft is shorter than the fore mast, then the aft mast is called a mizzen mast. And it is in english.
A barque a sailing ship, typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore-and-aft.
The USS Constitution is a 3-masted Heavy Frigate. In sailing, the masts (bow to stern) on a square-rigged sailing vessel are the Foremast, Mainmast, and the Mizzenmast.
An almost obsolete form of vessel, with a mainmast and a mizzenmast, -- usually from one hundred to two hundred and fifty tons burden., A hangman. See Jack Ketch., To catch.
The mizzen is the third mast on a ship, or the mast immediately aft of the mainmast. The top sail on that mizzenmast would the mizzen-top. Your local slang may vary.
The sails at the very front pointy end (the bow) are "jibsails", the sails attached to the foremast are the "foresails', the sails attached to the mainmast are the "mainsails", and the sails attached to the mizzenmast are the "mizzensails". For more information, please see the related link below:
It is the mast that occupies the most forward (toward the bow, or up front) of positions on a multi-masted ship. If there are two masts, the other longer mast closest to the middle of the ship would be the mainmast. If there are three masts, the mast closest to the stern (aft) would be the mizzenmast.