the pole that holds up the sail is called the mast
The halyard (a line, NOT a rope) keeps it tied up to the mast (that vertical post-thing).
A mast. Although it is attached to a mast the thing that holds a sail up is a halyard. a mast is something that pushes the boat with wind and the reason its called a mast is cause it holds the biggest sail, the thing your looking for is something that is on the bottom of the boat and runs vertical on the boat. if that gets ruined the boat is ruined, unrepairable
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The forestay.
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The halyard holds the sail up. When a rope has an assigned job on a boat (or a ship) it is referred to as a line.
You are describing the mast.
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Mast (vertical, leading edge of sail), Boom (horizontal,bottom of sail), and a spinnaker pole if you use a spinnaker which is a sail type
It probably means that you are the pole that holds up the sail, you are a person that people turn to for everything and every situation,you are strong, independent! It's a compliment!