The gaff is also supported by a standing topping lift consisting of a pendant shackled to a spider band fitted round the middle of the gaff, the other end being shackled to a fitting on the after end of the main-lowermast trestle-trees; the length of the pendant is such that the gaff is held at an angle of about 45 degrees with the mast.
Uqalo logwegwe lungaxhaswa kukuma konyuso olunyuka luqulathe iiflegi ende emxinwa yenqanwa kubopho lesigcawu esilinganiswe jikelele embindini woqalo olunogwegwe lokukhupha intlanzi ezilotyiweyo emanzini, esinye isiphelo esilinganiswe emva kwesiphelo segwegwe lokukhupha intlanzi yenziwe kwi-engile emalunga ne-45°kunye nemasti