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What is a Fresh Water Stay anyway?

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EnoughLuff:
Hey there,

So one of the first things we're working on aboard our Countess is a complete re-rig, 58 year old rigging is a little beyond my comfort zone.

Currently I'm in the process of researching all of the parts needed but the manual references a piece of rigging that I've never heard of:  "Fresh Water Stay"

My best guess is that this may be a reference to a triatic which doesn't appear to be otherwise noted in the list? 

What do you all think/know about the mystery stay?

EnoughLuff:
Alas I answered my own question, with the help of a 424 owners manual.

Confirmed that the Triatic and Fresh Water Stay are the same animal in this case, but interestingly enough I haven't quite figured out why there are two names for what seems to be the same thing...   I suspect it is going to be one of those boat things where people often use words interchangeably but they are actually totally different things (i.e. Taffrail, Stern Rail, Pushpit, Aft Pulpit).

What do you all call the stay between the top of the Main Mast and the top of the Mizzen Mast?   

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