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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 fisherman staysail is a sail placed between the fore and main masts of a sailing ship, usually a schooner but also including brigantines. All four of...

gaff sail on the foremast (even with a Bermuda mainsail), or (ii) a main staysail, often with a fisherman topsail to fill the gap at the top in light...

Mainmast, named "Arjuna"—35.9 metres (118 ft) Main topgallant Main topmast staysail Main staysail Main topsail Mainsail Mizzenmast, named "Yudhistira"—32...

replacing the fore gaffsail by two main staysails. The third (top) main staysail is still in place. She has now five staysails, three gaff topsails, six jibs...

Staysail 19.9 Mizzen Topmast Staysail 29.8 Maincourse 86.6 Main Topsail 101.3 Main Topgallant 45.6 Main Staysail 40.6 Main Topmast Staysail 46.8 Main...

165 hp (123 kW) Yanmar diesel engine Sail plan 3,180 sq ft (295 m2), (Main, staysail, 2 jibs, square topsail) Capacity 28 Complement 7 Armament 9-pounder...

Luff 11 – Foot Corners: 1 – Head 10 – Tack 12 – Clew 1 – mainsail  2 – staysail  3 – spinnaker  4 – hull  5 – keel  6 – rudder  7 – skeg  8 – mast  9 –...

fore-topmast staysail, forestaysail, and foresail. For staysails between the foremast and the mainmast (from bottom to top): main, main-topmast, main-topgallant...

For example, the main top studding sail. Between the main mast and mizzen as well as between main mast and foremast, the staysails between the masts...

Her sails, from left to right, are: jib, staysail, gaff foresail, gaff mainsail, and, above that, a main gaff topsail Gaff rigged Cutter Partridge 1885...

was lying on the sheep feed, into wood chips. At the same time, the main-staysail-sheet hit three sailors and threw them overboard. However, a shaft of...

For light airs, Archangel carries a 7-oz. genoa, an 890 sq ft (83 m2) main staysail, and a spinnaker, allowing her to set 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) of sail for...

Studding Sails, 2 Foretopsail Studding Sails, Fisherman Staysail, Main Staysail, Mainsail, Main Gaff Topsail, Spritsail Water tank 1200 litre (300 US gal)...

gaff rigged with mainsail and gaff topsail; between the masts is the main staysail and fisherman. Seventeen months later the ship went for a first sail...

on the main and also reduces the efficiency of the headsail while still retaining sailing control of the vessel. fisherman's sail On a staysail schooner...

bowsprit, a little beyond the forestay, on which the fore-topmast staysail runs on hanks. main-topmast stay attaches to the hounds of the foremast, or comes...

staysail hoisted to the top of the mizzen topgallant on a stay running to the top of the main topmast would be called the mizzen topgallant staysail....

main sail is reefed; these more rugged sails are called storm jibs or spitfires. On a boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the staysail,...

The main topmast carries the upper end of the main-topmast-staysail; a mizzen-topmast may carry the equivalent. The fore-topmast will carry a staysail, but...