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