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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...

bottom to top): main, main-topmast, main-topgallant, and main-royal (...staysail). Staysails between other masts are similarly named. The mizzen sail (or...

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...

jibs' stays meet the foremast just above the fore topgallant. A fore royal staysail may also be set. Traditional Austronesian generalized sail types. C...

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...

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...

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...

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...

the 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...

Mizzen 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...

brig, abaft the foremast. A trysail is analogous to a storm jib. In the Royal Navy in the late nineteenth century, the term 'trysail' came to denote the...

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...

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....

Screecher* Spinnaker Staysail Trysail* Four-sided Course Fisherman† Foresail Junk sail* Lug sail Mainsail (square rig) Moonraker* Ringtail* Royal Skysail* Spanker...

set below the main yard (which carried the course). The headsails were a staysail, set on the forestay (which fastened to the stemhead), a jib, set flying...

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...

Inner jib Royal Topgallant Upper topsail Lower topsail Foresail Mainmast, named "Arjuna"—35.9 metres (118 ft) Main topgallant Main topmast staysail Main staysail...

A royal is a small sail flown immediately above the topgallant on square rigged sailing ships. It was originally called the "topgallant royal" and was...

fore-and-aft with its luff fixed to the mast. The foresail (jib) is a staysail hanked onto the forestay. Refers to the similarity of the tall mast to...

Architects 2011 Expedition A-frame staysail auxiliary steel schooner Zinat al Bihaar 61.00 m (200 ft) Oman Royal Yacht Squadron E. C. B. Corlett 1988...