Assertion: backstay | /r/HasProperty | tensioned
Facets:
value: just enough to take
type: OTHER
value: properly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: of the mast to the stern of the boat; as in: Your backstay seems to be tensioned properly.
text: The backstay is tensioned just enough to take up the slack (which is evident because the mast is almost perfectly straight).
text: As the boat becomes overpowered and it is necessary to ease the traveler to leeward, the backstay should be tensioned.