The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Martingale Stays

Sea Terms

Lengths of rope hooked or seized to the outer part of the jib-boom and leading to the lower end of the martingale, where they set up. They steady the martingale and keep the jib-boom from jumping.

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