- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
- fore-and-aft
rigged vessels have the
following types of
standing rigging: a
forestay, a backstay, and
upper and
lower shrouds (side stays). Less
common rigging...
- 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...
- separate,
smaller jib—the solent—instead. On a sloop,
there is a
single forestay that runs from the top of the mast
forward to the prow, and in addition...
- from each
lateral corner of the
stern to the mast at the
level where the
forestay begins in the
fractional rig.
Because they are
attached low on the mast...
