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Word: forestay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...schooner, smallest of four small schooners racing from Sandy Hook to Santander, Spain. Her rigging was peculiar-designed by Herreshoff, who learned about sails in Scandinavian fjords. On the morning of the seventh day out, she had covered 800 miles and was making splendid headway, with her mainsail, foresail, forestay sail and jib set and full. Suddenly, a squall hit little Rofa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: To Spain | 7/23/1928 | See Source »

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