Sharina climbed onto the bow and grabbed the forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

Next day Parmiter was in the foretop splicing the forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference

Set foresail and forestay – sail and steered south – east by south.    From Wordnik.com.  [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference

• New watertight bulkhead glassed in to hold new inner forestay chainplate.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Spirit] Reference

But beyond her forestay Emien saw fire burst like the wrath of Kor across the Kielmark's advancing ships.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stormwarden]

It was fair for their destination, Erdin, and strong enough that it had bellied the canvas against the forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lord of the Isles] Reference

The bow is long, and curves into a lofty stem, like that of a Roman galley, finished with a beak head, to secure the forestay of the mast.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unbeaten Tracks in Japan] Reference

Telefonica Blue vows to fight on despite jury rigged forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

If I sail without it, it just means my forestay may not be taut.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

Looking down on Artemis - forestay - Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

The mast also was leaning aft, the forestay having been carried away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories] Reference

A lantern was hoisted on the forestay, and all hands were soon asleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway] Reference

The mast will also be removed for inspection after the forestay broke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

So saying, Tom Virtue took his place in the bow, holding on by the forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tales of Daring and Danger] Reference

First a major split in the mainsail, then news that the forestay has broken.    From Wordnik.com.  [YBW News] Reference

Without warning, the forestay which holds up the mast and carries the headsails broke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Then the lantern in the forestay bobbed down and up, and he came back to where Trask stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Isle o' Dreams] Reference

We were fully aware that this could happen, as we had damaged it when we broke the forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

Her mast was dependent upon a forestay (spliced) and was not stepped, but worked in a tabernacle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hills and the Sea] Reference

Disappointment shows among the crew as Telefonica Blue suffered a cruel blow with a broken forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [ISAF News] Reference

Latest news from Telefonica Blue, which broke its forestay on leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race to Rio.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

The crew of Telefonica Blue were dealt another blow yesterday at 17: 40 UTC when their forestay broke.    From Wordnik.com.  [ISAF News] Reference

Clambering on to the bulwarks, and holding on to the forestay with one hand, he held it above his head.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Canyon Contents: the Golden Canyon; the Stone Chest] Reference

Subsequent testing and calculations showed that the forestay should have been 7 times stronger than my wild guess.    From Wordnik.com.  [KeesKennis] Reference

Providentially he clung to the forestay, or he would have, the next instant, been overboard; but he saved himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roger Willoughby A Story of the Times of Benbow] Reference

Then we had to get the sail out of the headfoil, which is a carbon fibre piece which slots over the actual forestay.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Two engineers sawed nearly through the mast at its base, while the others cleared away the light shrouds and forestay.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wreck of the Titan or, Futility] Reference

A little above her forestay a small window, uncurtained and brightly lit, broke the long stretch of featureless black wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shining Ferry] Reference

Needless to say, we had hoisted no lantern on the forestay since the night the other boats had driven away from us or gone down.    From Wordnik.com.  [Foe-Farrell] Reference

Antonio Zeppa, holding on to a forestay, and gazing with intensity and fixedness at the speck of land which had just been sighted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madman and the Pirate] Reference