Possible Clues:

• It's in front of a mizzen
• Principal post on a sailing ship
• Canvas carrier old lady's taken home with food fit for pigs
• In the ships mother gets at home and mother gets a little saintly
• Mother at home, Mother on the street, all on board
• Stamina I'm developing, providing rigging for a dandy
• Sea captain, without hesitation, would hoist sail on this
• Ship's pole usually second from the prow
• One man breaks down between flagpole in sailing ship
• Mizzen neighbor