BENETEAU First 18, Assembly Manual

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Warning: always make sure you hold the terminal on the top wire when trimming the shrouds to
prevent turning of the wire. Never leave turnbuckles unsecured and always keep minimal base trim
tension in the rigging.
Tape both toggles with electrical tape.
Mast stepping without assistance of second person
Simplicity, design and weight (just 11 kg) of the First 18 mast enables also stepping of the mast alone,
without the assistance of the second person. The procedure is very similar to the team of two
persons, described in this chapter, with few differences.
- instead of the second person on the ground, you need around 2-meter high support in the
back of the boat (fence or maybe even a higher car or van works perfectly)
- for securing and fixing of the mast after hoisting you need to use the gennaker halyard,
which you fix on the bow and tension it after hoisting the mast to the vertical position.