One end of the guy is attached to the structure, and the other is anchored to the ground at some distance from the mast or tower base. Structures that support antennas are frequently of a lattice construction and are called ' towers'. A thin vertical mast supported by guy wires is called a guyed mast.
They are used commonly for ship masts, radio masts, wind turbines, utility poles, and tents. A yacht's mast is supported by shrouds and stays - nautical equivalents of guy wires.Ī guy-wire, guy-line, guy-rope, or stay, also called simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure.
