- On a
sailing vessel, a
forestay,
sometimes just
called a stay, is a
piece of
standing rigging which keeps a mast from
falling backwards. It is attached...
- had
sailed all
season without pulling the
spinnaker pole back from the
forestay and that all the
systems could be
simplified by
eliminating the pole and...
- from the mast to
either its
transom or rear quarter,
counteracting the
forestay and jib. It is an
important sail trim
control and has a
direct effect on...
- the top of the mast. The
forestay is a wire that
secures the mast to the
front of the boat. With a
fractional rig, the
forestay is
attached between about...
- masthead-rigged sloop, the
forestay (on
which the
headsail is carried)
attaches at the top of the mast. On a fractional-rigged sloop, the
forestay attaches to the...
-
stern are
backstays while those that lead
forward towards the bow are
forestays. "To stay" is also a verb: to
bring the ship's head up to the wind (to...
- into the mast
slightly further down by ****tock shrouds.
Contrast with
forestay and backstay.
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allow for a jib and
staysail to be
attached to the head stay and
inner forestay, respectively. Once a
common racing configuration,
today it
gives versatility...
- but is
asymmetric like a genoa, but the
gennaker is not
attached to the
forestay like a jib or genoa. The
gennaker is
rigged like a
spinnaker but the tack...
- The
foremost one sets on the
topmast forestay and is
generally called the jib topsail, a
second on the main
forestay is
called the jib, and the innermost...
