Amel FR-AML SM, User Manual

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User’s guide
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- thread the hook in the starboard groove with the bolt-rope guide,
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set the bolt-rope in his guide, and then in the appropriate groove,
- somebody near the furler can help the sail to go in the groove and the guide,
Picture 35 – Hook engaged in the jib foil
- hoist thoroughly the ballooner by hand so that the hook locks in the swivel,
- before pulling out the foot, harden up the ballooner’s luff on the notched block,
- slacken the ballooner’s halyard. If it is well fastened, the sail should not go down,
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in case of difficulties for locking, be sure the grooves are in front of the mast,
- harden sheet,
- pull down the ballooner’s halyard, and secure it.