Forestay
The forestay is a component of a sailing ship.
It holds
- the mast in the longitudinal axis of the sailing ship in its forward position.
- the headsail attached to the luff with stays or headstay .
The forestay consists of twisted or solid, pre-stretched steel and is attached to the bow fitting and, depending on the type of rig, to the mast top or something below it (for example a seven-eight rig ). The tension of the forestay is regulated indirectly via the trimmable backstay and influences the profile of the foresail. Foresails can often be rolled up around the forestay with furling systems.
Stages are called the support of the mast in the longitudinal direction of the ship. The forestay is also sometimes referred to as the jib stay. The nomenclature is ambiguous because fore and foremast can also be used synonymously. The foremast refers to the front mast in multi-masted ships (not the direction of the stay forward). The syllable "before" is omitted here.
On single-masted ships, the fore-stay more precisely describes the forestay that is attached to the mast furthest down. The Gorch Fock's sails and rigging plan also shows the lower of a total of 6 forward stays as a jib stay. The furthest downward staging of the other masts of the Gorch Fock forward is therefore called the big day and the mizzen day.
literature
- German high seas sports association "Hansa" eV: Seemannschaft , Delius Klasig Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7688-3248-9
- Joachim Schult: Segler Lexikon , Delius Klasig Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-7688-1041-8
- Frank Adam: Ruler of the Seas, The British Fleet at the time of Nelson , Koehler's Publishing Company, 1998, ISBN 3-7822-0736-X
- Otto Lueger: Lexicon of all technology , 1904–1920
swell
- ^ German high seas sports association "Hansa" e. V. (Ed.): Seemannschaft, Ein Handbuch für den Yachtsport, 13th edition, Bielefeld and Berlin 1969, p. 57
- ^ German high seas sports association "Hansa" e. V. (Ed.): Seemannschaft, Ein Handbuch für den Yachtsport, 13th edition, Bielefeld and Berlin 1969, p. 58
- ^ German high seas sports association "Hansa" e. V. (Ed.): Seemannschaft, Ein Handbuch für den Yachtsport, 13th edition, Bielefeld and Berlin 1969, Takel und Segelriß Gorch Fock, between p. 608 and 609
- ^ "The top-gallant, royal, or any other masts have each a stay, named after their respective masts", WH Smyth, An alphabetical digest of nautical terms, London, Glasgow, and Edinburgh 1867, p. 653