staysail

He had a hand on the staysail sheet at the time, and held onto it.

I believe we may venture upon a maintopmast staysail,' he said.

The third (top) main staysail is still in place.

I struck a staysail instead, and went sliding along its immense silver surface.

All our sails were down except for the staysail, and I was relying on the engine to get us through.

The captain bellowed, "We've got to bring down that staysail."

After half an hour of scrambling we got the main up, then the genoa staysail and the yankee.

These two were the very last of the restricted staysail barges to win the old classic races.

Unusually, a fore royal staysail may also be set.

A staysail was classically attached to the stay with wooden or steel hoops.

A shot whipped out the timberhead which held the fore staysail sheets.

The seamen chanted as they raised the staysail again.

Once I had the helm I saw how hard it was to control the staysail.

Aesthetically, it can appear less attractive than a classic staysail schooner.

A staysail fitting broke while surfing in 40-knot winds.

With sustained winds close to 60 knots it was almost impossible to keep the staysail from jibing.

"Have to give her the staysail," Charley said.

Cutters carry a staysail directly in front of the mast, set from the forestay.

Now the jibs and staysail were flapping across.

Two pale jibs materialised, followed by the soaring triangle of the main staysail.

The yacht was originally built as a staysail craft for the children of the wealthy Vanderbilt clan.

The club foot on the staysail had broken sometime in the afternoon when a wave hit and caused the boat to jibe.

Next we took in the reefed staysail.

All are gaff-rigged, with a mainsail, a staysail and normally a jib.

The sail on the forestay is then referred to as the staysail or stays'l.