Guy (sailing)

A guy (probably from Dutch gei, "brail") is a term for a line (rope) attached to and intended to control the end of a spar on a sailboat. On a modern sloop-rigged sailboat with a symmetric spinnaker, the spinnaker pole is the spar most commonly controlled by one or more guys.

There are two primary types of guys used to control a spinnaker pole:

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