Originally Posted by Rtyom
Glad you askOriginally Posted by Barmaley
! Take it from a sailor: "abaft" = towards the stern from, as in "the mainmast is abaft the foremast," meaning the mainmast is behind the foremast. "Aloft", on the other hand, means up in the rigging, on sailing ships, or up working on antennas and suchlike on modern naval vessels.
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