| On occasion, the simple flagpole is fitted with a yardarm or gaff to increase the number of flags that may be flown from it. |
| In 1797 sailors at The Nore mutinied against their conditions, and their leader, Richard Parker, was hanged from the yardarm of his ship. |
| Avast, ye scurvy dogs, Kerry will swing from the highest yardarm! |
| Far more frightening to him than dangling from an ice-glazed yardarm 150 feet over the Southern Ocean was being unable to choose his own destiny. |
| It was said that an ordinary seaman on the Admiral's flagship publicly disagreed with this conclusion and was promptly hanged from the yardarm for his insubordination. |
| These attractions provide a suitable skyline for the short-stay traveller to decide when the watery sun is safely over the yardarm. |
