21. Amer Sports Too is limping towards Hobart under jury rig after breaking a forestay in the middle of Bass Strait. 22. Amer Sports Too is sailing to Hobart under jury rig after breaking a forestay in the middle of Bass Strait. 23. If the forestay is allowed to slack, the sail will lose its airfoil shape and not perform as well. 24. The Ljungstr�m rig is often compared with a staysail with the big difference that the mast bends inversely to the forestay . 25. Austisser reported breaking the main forestay on her boat, PRB, which left her unable to use her largest genoa sail. 26. Autissier reported breaking the main forestay on her boat, PRB, which left her unable to use her largest genoa sail. 27. Roller furling refers to systems that furl a headsail by rolling it around the forestay , or around its own luff wire. 28. And then the height of the mast, with its huge yard; and what a forestay it takes to hold it! 29. The stay running forward from a mast to the bow is called the " forestay " or " headstay ". 30. On a masthead-rigged sloop, the forestay ( on which the headsail is carried ) attaches at the top of the mast.
