Topsails would be a nuisance and a danger for a crew of two.
She was topsail schooner-rigged for auxiliary sail power.
She was rigged as a barkentine with double topsail yards; standing rigging was galvanized charcoal-iron wire.
Oddly, the sprit rigged mainsail was often accompanied by a jib and a topsail.
To conserve fuel (coal) she was also originally rigged as a topsail schooner.
A jack-yard topsail may also have the aforementioned vertical yard, although this makes for a very large topsail.
