| It is so strong that a mooring pennant can be shackled through a special fitting so the entire boat can swing off the bobstay fitting, without any concern about chafing. |
| Straps and rings for bobstay plates are extant in the lower stempost, with mortises into the wood to admit the bobstay chains. |
| The chain plates, and the shrouds where they go over the mast should be looked at, and also the bobstay and other headgear. |
| The bobstay, forestay and one running backstay were made up by my local chandler from the drawings below. |
| I hung over the side of the pulpit and saw that the bobstay chain was shackled to the end cap on the bowsprit, so I hunted up a wrench and another shackle. |
| Lowering himself from the port bow into the water, he clung to the bobstay. |
