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As the wind rose to a gale, sail was reduced to only the forestaysailand fore and main topsails.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On a boat with two staysails the inner sail is called the "staysail", and the outer (foremost) is called the jib.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These two were the very last of the restrictedstaysailbarges to win the old classic races.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fisherman'sstaysail, a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, is not strictly astaysail, but is clewed abaft the foremast.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cutters carry astaysaildirectly in front of the mast, set from the forestay.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, thestaysailhoisted on a stay that runs forward and downwards from the top of the "mizzen topgallant mast" is the "mizzen topgallantstaysail".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Two square sails and onestaysailwere erected, giving approximately 2500 ft2 of sail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Between the fore mast and the bowsprit are the forestaysail, jib, and flying jib.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The staysails between the masts are named from the sail immediately below the highest attachment point of the stay holding up thestaysail.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shortly afterwards the fore topmaststaysailwas blown to bits.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The fore-topmast stay goes to the end of the bowsprit, a little beyond the fore-stay, on which the fore-topmaststaysailruns on hanks.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She carried one lugsail, astaysailand a jib.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moving or increasing sail area forward can also help, for example by raising the jib (and maybe lowering thestaysail) on a cutter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is a type of large jib orstaysailthat overlaps the main sail, sometimes eliminating it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The rum-runner started in that direction, but then suddenly started its engine, hoisted the forestaysailand stood rapidly to eastward.
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