- A
backstay is a
piece of
standing rigging on a
sailing vessel that runs from the mast to
either its
transom or rear quarter,
counteracting the forestay...
- A
running backstay is a
rigging component on a
sailboat which helps support the mast. A
running backstay runs from each
lateral corner of the
stern to...
-
rigged vessels have the
following types of
standing rigging: a forestay, a
backstay, and
upper and
lower shrouds (side stays). Less
common rigging configurations...
- mast
slightly further down by ****tock shrouds.
Contrast with
forestay and
backstay.
Chainplate The Free
Dictionary -
Channel The Lore of Ships, ed. by Bengt...
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rigged vessels have the
following types of
standing rigging: a forestay, a
backstay, and
upper and
lower shrouds (side stays). Less
common rigging configurations...
- – shroud 11 – sheet 12 – boom 13 - mast 14 –
spinnaker pole 15 –
backstay 16 – forestay 17 – boom vang
Reefing Torrey, Owen C. Jr. (1965). Sails...
-
experienced in
designing WWI US Army
boots were:
Tearing at the
backstay:
solved by
securing the
backstay with
three rows of
stitching each side.
Letting water...
- size and
shape of the sail, a gaff rig will have
running backstays rather than
permanent backstays. The gaff
enables a fore-and-aft sail to be four sided...
- a
masthead or
fractional rig
depending on how
stays are configured; a
backstay is optional. Such rigs are emplo**** in many of the
models of at
least one...
-
booms it is a
short spar
extending aft from the
stern anchoring a
central backstay. Historically,
boomkins were emplo**** in pairs, one on
either side of the...
