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单词 staysail
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Definition of staysail in English:

staysail

noun ˈsteɪs(ə)lˈsteɪseɪl
  • A triangular fore-and-aft sail extended on a stay.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When it happened, I had a single reefed mainsail and the staysail up - and Doha was charging along at 20 knots.
    • Finally, she had a set of sails called staysails to help her keep her course.
    • Sunday, 20 May 2007 I worked in the cargohold tidying up, shifting cargo, and pulling out the old staysail to use as a jib.
    • The sheets for all of the staysails are led to sheetstoppers on the cabin top just forward of the cockpit.
    • The new small staysails help to clean up the turbulent flow and improve the mainsail's efficiency.
    • At sunset, we had 5 sails up in a vain attempt to catch what little wind there was - jib, stay, main, mizzen staysail and the mizzen.
    • Mainsails, genoas, working jibs and staysails, spinnakers, storm jibs, and trisails are all discussed in depth.
    • All three sails are on a pair of sheets at the moment and I am building a new boomed staysail because I want a self tacking boat when I am on my own.
    • This was the reason many sailing vessels used combinations of square sails and staysails for their rigs.
    • Now the yards of the mizzen mast are braced around and the sheets of the staysails are eased.
    • The schooner shown her with all sails set, with the exception of the staysails between the masts.
    • Clipper ships often carried additional square sails on either side of the main square sails, and staysails were frequently rigged to the stays.
    • In seriously poor weather, only the lower staysails are used.
    • We just woke up to take down our large jib and hoisted a smaller staysail in its place.
    • Our staysail is in very good shape, but doesn't have an ideal sheeting angle for pointing up high.
    • Your approach will work but the sail will not be nearly as good as one designed as a staysail to begin with.
    • We can carry the spinnaker in combination with the mizzen staysail or we can carry either alone.
    • Once those were set, we set three staysails in the bow, and one staysail between each pair of masts.
    • Self-tacking jibs and staysails work well with furling systems and with jib booms.
    • A full array of triangular jibs and staysails might be included before or between the masts.
 
 

Definition of staysail in US English:

staysail

noun
  • A triangular fore-and-aft sail extended on a stay.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • All three sails are on a pair of sheets at the moment and I am building a new boomed staysail because I want a self tacking boat when I am on my own.
    • Now the yards of the mizzen mast are braced around and the sheets of the staysails are eased.
    • A full array of triangular jibs and staysails might be included before or between the masts.
    • In seriously poor weather, only the lower staysails are used.
    • When it happened, I had a single reefed mainsail and the staysail up - and Doha was charging along at 20 knots.
    • This was the reason many sailing vessels used combinations of square sails and staysails for their rigs.
    • Finally, she had a set of sails called staysails to help her keep her course.
    • The new small staysails help to clean up the turbulent flow and improve the mainsail's efficiency.
    • Once those were set, we set three staysails in the bow, and one staysail between each pair of masts.
    • Clipper ships often carried additional square sails on either side of the main square sails, and staysails were frequently rigged to the stays.
    • We can carry the spinnaker in combination with the mizzen staysail or we can carry either alone.
    • Our staysail is in very good shape, but doesn't have an ideal sheeting angle for pointing up high.
    • We just woke up to take down our large jib and hoisted a smaller staysail in its place.
    • Sunday, 20 May 2007 I worked in the cargohold tidying up, shifting cargo, and pulling out the old staysail to use as a jib.
    • The sheets for all of the staysails are led to sheetstoppers on the cabin top just forward of the cockpit.
    • At sunset, we had 5 sails up in a vain attempt to catch what little wind there was - jib, stay, main, mizzen staysail and the mizzen.
    • Self-tacking jibs and staysails work well with furling systems and with jib booms.
    • Your approach will work but the sail will not be nearly as good as one designed as a staysail to begin with.
    • Mainsails, genoas, working jibs and staysails, spinnakers, storm jibs, and trisails are all discussed in depth.
    • The schooner shown her with all sails set, with the exception of the staysails between the masts.
 
 
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