Where a mast passes through a deck, the deck round the mast-hole is strengthened by girders and beams called mast partners, and the mast is secured in the hole by wedges.
Xa uphithaniso ludlula kumgangatho, umgangatho ujikeleza umngxuma wophithaniso kulalulo lwenqanawa okanye uphithaniso kunye nophithaniso kumngxuma.