1. Eating is usually sandwiches squashed in plastic wrap tied to the forestay . 2. The spinnaker halyard was let go and the spinnaker pole smashed on the forestay . 3. Often a sail is attached to the forestay . 4. In a masthead rig, tensioning the permanent backstay will directly tension the forestay . 5. The performance of the sail is dependent on having a forestay which is taut. 6. The forestay descends to a beak, with a round-roofed cabin aft. 7. The forestay is adjustable to allow depowering in conjunction with a cascade style kicker. 8. Cutters carry a staysail directly in front of the mast, set from the forestay . 9. The sail on the forestay is then referred to as the staysail or stays'l. 10. The mast was held in place by a forestay , a backstay and 2 side stays.
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