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How to use trysail in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word trysail? Here are some examples.

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A seemingly simple sail to make, in fact, the storm trysail presents unique challenges, particularly in the geometry and deployment.
Once you have set the storm jib and storm trysail, you will need to find your boat's best angle of attack.
The first big blow was unpleasant and I had to reduce sail to my smallest storm jib and trysail.
Examples from Classical Literature
The trysail gaff had parted, and, falling, had struck the old pilot to the deck.
This was accordingly done, and the trysail was set instead, and the helm lashed a-lee.
The Old Man came up on deck and looked round, and in less than a minute he told us to give her the trysail.
And as I spoke I made a dash at the trysail brails, cast them off, and proceeded to drag upon the fall of the outhaul tackle.
Latterly a clincher-built boat with covered fore-sheets, and one mast with a trysail.
If the owner does not carry a storm square-sail, he should have a boom to his trysail.
He took in royals and topgallant sails, furled the courses, trysail and jib, and double-reefed the topsails.
Indeed, a trysail that day would have been sail enough for almost any men but these.
This failing, they set a spencer or trysail, and shift on the other tack.
A spar abaft the fore and main mast, for hoisting the trysail.
One end of which was secured by a bight of the trysail brailing.
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