The seamen chanted as they raised the staysail again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Trafalgar]

“Split my top-staysail,” said he, with an arch sneer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference

She was well rigged, too, having a staysail and gafftopsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers] Reference

They loosed the fore-topsail and they set the foretopmast staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heroes of the Goodwin Sands] Reference

A shot whipped out the timberhead which held the fore staysail sheets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Trafalgar]

"Old Kinross is setting that fisherman's staysail," he remarked quietly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference

I tried to get the main storm staysail down but could not make myself heard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference

I struck a staysail instead, and went sliding along its immense silver surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Urth of the New Sun]

Captain Cullen bent over suddenly and cast the staysail-sheet off from its pin.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAKE WESTING] Reference

A small, strong sail attached in the staysail position and used in heavy winds.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Spirit] Reference

That staysail might probably give Hotspur a little more speed through the water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hornblower And The Hotspur]

"Why hasn't he got that big fisherman's staysail on her?" she demanded irritably.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 19] Reference

"Down with that fore staysail," shouted the commander through his speaking trumpet.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

At 8.30 a.m. on the 13th Stenhouse set the foresail and foretopmast staysail, and the.    From Wordnik.com.  [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference

After this the storm staysail was rehoisted and we lay-to again in comparative safety.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference

The Jessie swung off under her full staysail, then the foresail, double-reefed, was run up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 3] Reference

We are not moving too badly again now, doing 6 knots under full main, headsail, and staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [True Spirit] Reference

The wind slacked gradually, however, and before long we managed to get out our main-topmast staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference

The full-jib was also set, and, as it departed in shreds, the fore-topmast staysail was being hoisted.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER XXXVIII] Reference

Forward, a bit of a staysail was set as taut as a drumhead, looking no bigger than a good-sized handkerchief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate"] Reference

He was shouting to Tammy to keep the drip from his light clear of the staysail, which was stowed upon the house.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ghost Pirates] Reference

We took in topsail and staysail, dropped the main peak, and as we got abreast of the principal wharf jibed the mainsail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Charley's Coup] Reference

Lars with the broken leg, and Davis laid off for keeps -- why, sir, we'll soon be that weak it'll take both watches to set a staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHAPTER XV] Reference

Hardly had they got below, before away went the fore topmast staysail, blown to ribands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Years Before the Mast] Reference

Annoyed with my frustration I set about fixing my staysail that was damaged on night two.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

For six days we were scudding before it under a close-reefed main-topsail and fore-staysail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery] Reference

These will be 1 mainsail, 3 jibs, 2 gennakers, and 1 staysail, plus one free sail of any type.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

The seas are becoming better organised and Groupama 3 is making good speed under reefed mainsail, staysail and gennaker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sail-World.com USA Latest News] Reference

The sail changes have been plentiful and we are close to being as small as we dare, three reefs in the mainsail and the staysail up.    From Wordnik.com.  [YBW News] Reference

Here he came within range of us fellows up the mizzen, and I had the disconnected mizzen-staysail halyard-block in my hand ready for him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grain Ship] Reference