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Examples of forestay
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Again an international jury dismissed the protest over Camper's forestay set-up.
From the nzherald.co.nz
On another leg, her forestay snapped and on two occasions, she hit the rocks.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The stay running forward from a mast to the bow is called the forestay or headstay.
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The mast of a ship is held in an upright position because of the forestay and the backstay.
From the abcnews.go.com
From the top of the mast a forestay ran down to the bow winch.
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Isn't that lack of financial reporting, let alone accountability, the forestay of the political class?
From the infowars.com
Furling headsail-a jib or other headsail that automatically rolls around a semi rigid forestay when a line is pulled.
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Then in the Indian Ocean I had to stay up for three or four days, trying to keep the forestay up to keep the mast from falling backwards.
From the time.com
What was once hardly more than a heap of firewood now sits softly gleaming on the green water, bunting on its forestay, polished spars rising high above us into an unseasonably blue and tranquil sky.
From the nzherald.co.nz
- An adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
- 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 either at the very top of the mast, or in fractional rigs between about 1/8 and 1/4 from the top of the mast. ...
- (Forestays) Wire from top of mask to bow.
- Wire, rod or synthetic stay at the front of the boat used to hold up the mast. Sometimes there is more than one forestay
- Rope or wire securing a mast or upright at the front. Connects masthead and stem post.
- A steel cable with one end attached to the upper mast and the other end attached to the bow of a boat, designed to stabilize the mast when used with other stays
- Standing rigging supporting the mast from forward.
- The forward mast support, (usually wire) runs from Bow to top of mast.
- Rope holding the mast upright.
