A halyard raises and lowers the sail. It is generally known as part of the boat's running rigging. The line that controls the mainsail's angle to the wind is called the mainsheet. The line that controls the jibsail' angle to the wind is called the jibsheet.
The mains'l is physically attached to a vertical post (known as a mast), and a horizontal 'spar' known as a boom. The vertical mast is stabilized by a forestay and shrouds. These stabilizers are part of a boat's standing rigging.
The jib sail does not have a boom, but certain jibs, known as "Gennys" or Genoa jibs may utilize a temporary Whisker Pole.
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the pole that holds up the sail is called the mast
A sail-robber? No, it's a 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