Standing Rigging. (See page 43.) That part of a vessel's rigging which is made fast and not hauled upon. (See Running.)
Starboard. The right side of a vessel, looking forward.
Starbowlines. The familiar term for the men in the starboard watch.
Start. To start a cask, is to open it.
Stay. To tack a vessel, or put her about, so that the wind, from being on one side, is brought upon the other, round the vessel's head. (See Tack, Wear.)
To stay a mast, is to incline it forward or aft, or to one side or the other, by the stays and backstays. Thus, a mast is said to be stayed too much forward or aft, or too much to port, &c.
Stays. Large ropes, used to support masts, and leading from the head of some mast down to some other mast, or to some part of the vessel. Those which lead forward are called fore-and-aft stays; and those which lead down to the vessel's sides, backstays. (See Backstays.)
In stays, or hove in stays, the situation of a vessel when she is staying, or going about from one tack to the other.
Staysail. A sail which hoists upon a stay.
Steady! An order to keep the helm as it is.