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The genoa and staysails are furled on their headstays, which operate hydraulically.
From Time Magazine Archive
From New London, Conn., started 42 stout-hulled yachts, big and little schooners, ketches, sloops, some with modern sails, some with gaff rigs, Genoa jibs, fishermen's staysails, all bound for Hamilton, Bermuda.
From Time Magazine Archive
At last the Tuskar was reached, the topsails and lower staysails were set, and the tug let go of us, much to our relief, as the motion at once became easier.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
Off Pladda we set staysails and steer to the westward, and, when the wind allows, hoist topsails and crowd the canvas on her.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by Bone, David W.
In fact, some of the fore and afters had actually got staysails set, with the sheets hauled flat aft, so as to counteract in some measure the dangerous wallowing they were carrying on.
From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.
