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foc d'artimon

mizzen staysail

voile d'étai

staysail

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The fisherman's staysail, a four-sided fore-and-aft sail, is not strictly a staysail, but is clewed abaft the foremast. en.wikipedia.org

She carried one lugsail, a staysail and a jib. en.wikipedia.org

Staysail plate torn off the bridge, but no problem. www.mysailing.com.au

We saw upwards of 40 knots... with two reefs and a staysail, we were flying! afloat.ie

The rum-runner started in that direction, but then suddenly started its engine, hoisted the fore staysail and stood rapidly to eastward. en.wikipedia.org

Cutters carry a staysail directly in front of the mast, set from the forestay. en.wikipedia.org

The staysails between the masts are named from the sail immediately below the highest attachment point of the stay holding up the staysail. en.wikipedia.org

Two square sails and one staysail were erected, giving approximately 2500 ft2 of sail. en.wikipedia.org

Moving or increasing sail area forward can also help, for example by raising the jib (and maybe lowering the staysail) on a cutter. en.wikipedia.org

Shortly afterwards the fore topmast staysail was blown to bits. en.wikipedia.org

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