10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORESTAYSAIL»
Discover the use of
forestaysail in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
forestaysail and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Gaff Rig Handbook: History, Design, Techniques, Developments
Forestaysail, staysail, or foresail The forestaysail, to use its full name, is hanked
to the forestay and sets between it and the mast. In craft with a jib and staysail the
forestay is naturally at a steeper angle, but in sloops with a single headsail, ...
When underway the mainsail sheet and the forestaysail sheet lead to horses that
cross the deck athwartships so that they take care of themselves when tacking
ship. The mizzen sheet leads to the rudder, bringing the sail into the wind when ...
The sails of the modern Class I sloop include Marconi, or jibheaded, mainsail;
forestaysail; jib; Genoa jib; balloon jib and spinnaker. Of Genoa jibs there are
usually three, one for real light weather, one for heavy weather, and one
intermediate, ...
4
Sailing Alone Around the World:
She was running now with a reefed forestaysail, the sheets flat amidship. I paid
out two long ropes to steady her course and to break combing seas astern, and I
lashed the helm amidship. In this trim she ran before it, shipping never a sea.
5
Tales of the Seven Seas: The Escapades of Captain Dynamite ...
O'Brien quickly gave the order to “haul down the forestaysail, lift the number one
and two hatches.” Since most of the ship's canvas had been set before the
collision, seamen now ran forward to lower the forestaysail (a triangular sail set
on ...
6
Sailing Alone Around the World
I hauled in the trailing ropes, hoisted this awkward sail reefed, the forestaysail
being already set, and under this sail brought her at once on the wind heading for
the land, which appeared as an island in the sea. So it turned out to be, though ...
Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books,
2006
7
Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further ...
"The forestaysail! It's chafing at the clew! Look! The line might part!" He looks up
through the rain and says, "Damn! You are right. Messenger, call for Seaman
Jared and—" But I'm already gone. I jump off the quarterdeck and go hand over ...
8
Chapman Great Sailing Ships of the World
3-Masted Schooner 1 Middle staysail (flying jibl 2 Outer jib 3 Inner jib 4
Forestaysail 5 Foresail 6 Fore gat't'-topsail 7 Main-topmast staysail 8 Mainsail 9
Main gaff-topsail 10 Mizzen-topmast staysail 1 1 Mizzen sail 1 2 Mizzen gaff-
topsail ...
Her mainsail, storm trysail, and forestaysail are made of l6-ounce cloth; that's
right, each sailmaker's yard weighs one pound. The headstay and cap and lower
shrouds are made of 3l/i6-inch wire rope with a breaking strength of 83,600
pounds ...
Through the driving rain my flashlight picked out the tattered shreds of what once
had been a forestaysail, snapping angrily at the curling waves which leaped up
at them from out of the blackness. I knew that I must get that whipping triangle of ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORESTAYSAIL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
forestaysail is used in the context of the following news items.
Manhattan's skyline, a marvel from the water
... and depending on how many others are aboard, there may be a fair amount of ducking as the jib or the forestaysail is swung to alter course. «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
The stuff that's important to the sport
Experimenting with sail combinations, they settled on a full or reefed mainsail, the mizzen, and a forestaysail that could be trimmed to windward ... «Scuttlebutt Sailing News, Jun 14»