Colonist (1861) Reef with two carpenters as well as caulkers and riggers. At this stage they had already partially succeeded in getting the vessel off the reef. By November the ketch had again returned from the wreck site with cargo from both the "Colonist" as well as the "Douglas", and the scene was described as: that masts and yards as well as hull of the Colonist are as sound as the day she was built She has been thoroughly caulked from keel to covering board, and is now quite tight, her rigging has been refitted and sails bent The tides have been
Battle of the Masts a full-scale assault on the walls of Byzantium. Also it provides a strategic explanation for the Arab fleet's retreat following the victory in the Battle of the Masts, since the First Fitna would not break out until a year later, perhaps influenced by setbacks against the Byzantines and in the Caucasus. The Battle of the Masts was a significant milestone in the history of the Mediterranean, Islam and the Byzantine Empire, as it established the superiority of the Muslims at sea as well as on land. For the next four centuries, the Mediterranean would be a battleground between Byzantines and