A staysail ("stays'l") is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit, or to another mast.
A staysail ("stays'l") is a fore-and-aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward (and most often but not always downwards) from...
schooners are gaff-rigged, but other examples include Bermuda rig and the staysail schooner.: 211 : 26 : 100 : 48 The name "schooner" first appeared in eastern...
mast. A staysail set on a stay running forward and downwards from the top or midpoint of the topgallant mast is called a topgallant staysail. C.S. Forester...
Club Med 2 is a five-masted computer-controlled staysail schooner owned and operated by Club Med and operated as a cruise ship. It combines the power of...
a roller furling genoa, and a working staysail for most wind conditions, and, for strong winds, a storm staysail and trysail. Sails for lighter winds would...
boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the staysail, and the outer (foremost) is called the jib. This combination of two staysails is called a...
mainsail, but generally carries the mast further aft to allow for a jib and staysail to be attached to the head stay and inner forestay, respectively. Once...
wind the craft may want to broach. Running goose winged with a balloon staysail poled out to windward will balance the CE; Nick Skeates circumnavigated...
masthead to a bowsprit. The sail on the forestay is then referred to as the staysail or stays'l. A forestay might be made from stainless steel wire on a modern...
Roller furling is a method of furling (i.e. reefing) a yacht's staysail by rolling the sail around a stay. Roller furling is typically used for foresails...
mainsail on a boom, a square yard and topsail, and two jibs or a jib and a staysail." With general usage, that term came to define any vessel of the United...
upper end of the main-topmast-staysail; a mizzen-topmast may carry the equivalent. The fore-topmast will carry a staysail, but depending on where the lower...
cutter or sloop. Less well known are the advantages of setting a mizzen staysail when reaching, which can give a considerable amount of extra drive - which...
30 m (214 ft) Camper & Nicholsons Charles Ernest Nicholson 1927 3-mast staysail wooden schooner; originally Vira. Largest Wooden hulled sailing yacht....
mast versions of this rig possible for cruising boats under 40 feet. Staysails can also be hoisted between the top of the mizzen mast and base of the...
Adventurer-56 (formerly Blue Max) 1984 USA Annapolis, Maryland Privately owned Staysail Adventuress 1914 USA Port Townsend, Washington National Historic Landmark...
named "Arjuna"—35.9 metres (118 ft) Main topgallant Main topmast staysail Main staysail Main topsail Mainsail Mizzenmast, named "Yudhistira"—32.5 metres...
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