Staysail

Staysail

A staysail 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 a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast.

Most staysails are bob triangular, however some are four-cornered, notably some fishermans staysails.

Any triangular staysail set forward of the foremost mast is called a jib. Confusingly, the innermost jib on a cutter, schooner and many other rigs having two or more jibs is referred to simply as "the staysail", and another of the jibs on such a rig is referred to simply as "the jib".

Types of staysail include - the Tallboy Staysail (a narrow staysail carried between the spinnaker and the mainsail on racing yachts), the Genoa Staysail (a larger staysail carried inside the spinnaker when broad reaching), and the Bigboy Staysail (another name for the Shooter or Blooper, carried on the leeward side of the spinnaker). Unlike the Cutter staysail, none of these staysails have the luff affixed to a stay.

On large rigs, staysails other than jibs are named according to the mast and mast section on which they are hoisted. Thus, the staysail hoisted on a stay that runs forward and downwards from the top of the "mizzen topgallant mast" is the "mizzen topgallant staysail". If two staysails are hoisted to different points on this mast, they would be the "mizzen upper topgallant staysail" and the "mizzen lower topgallant staysail"'.

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* Glossary of nautical terms


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  • Staysail — Stay sail (st[=a] s[=a]l ;among sailors, st[=a] s l), n. (Naut.) Any sail extended on a stay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • staysail — [stā′sāl΄; ] naut. [, stā′səl] n. a triangular, fore and aft rigged sail fastened on a stay …   English World dictionary

  • staysail — noun Date: 1669 a fore and aft sail hoisted on a stay see sail illustration …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • staysail — /stay sayl /; Naut. /stay seuhl/, n. Naut. any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts. See diag. under ship. [1660 70; STAY3 + SAIL] * * * …   Universalium

  • staysail — noun A fore and aft rigged sail whose luff can be affixed to a stay running forward from a mast to the deck, the bowsprit or to another mast …   Wiktionary

  • staysail — fore and aft sail hoisted on a stay Nautical Terms …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • staysail — [ steɪseɪl, s(ə)l] noun a triangular fore and aft sail extended on a stay …   English new terms dictionary

  • staysail — stay·sail …   English syllables

  • staysail — stay•sail [[t]ˈsteɪˌseɪl[/t]] naut. [[t] səl[/t]] n. naut. navig. any sail set on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts • Etymology: 1660–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • staysail — /ˈsteɪseɪl/ (say staysayl), Nautical / səl/ (say suhl) noun any sail hoisted on a stay, as a triangular sail between two masts. {stay3 + sail} …  

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