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Locking Strop
Raise and remove the dagger board and rudder. You
are now ready for the trailer.
Back the trailer down into the water until the water
reaches the forward inward bend of the trailer but not
any further than this. Gently guide the boat into the
center and pull up as far as it will go. Take care here
that it comes on straight.
A side line from the windward aft saddle may also be
helpful if cross winds prevent the stern swinging too far
sideways.
If motoring onto the trailer, leave the dagger board
down until the last minute otherwise any crosswind
makes it very difficult to keep on center. Once fully
on, connect the trailer winch hook and winch on the
remaining few feet.
The boat can now be pulled from the water and when
on level ground, remember to check that it is fully
winched slack in the winch wire. Tie an extra safety
line from the bow eye down to the winch post, ready
for de-rigging.
DE-RIGGING
Remove the bow line, separate the two lines, and use
as the side tie - downs. Fit aft and fwd mast support
and the trailer lights.
If possible, relieve the tension on the battens and these
can be left in the loosely rolled main. Remove the
roller furling handle (if fitted) and stow in the anchor
well. Leave the topping lift on to take the weight and
disconnect boom from the mast. Lay it down in the
cockpit and fit the sail cover/bag. Disconnect the
topping lift and reconnect to the mast.
To lower the mast, ensure the spinnaker halyard is
secured to the horn cleat on the mast side. Release the
trailer winch hook (or attach mainsheet blocks), pass
it over the bow and hook to the spinnaker halyard.
Tension the winch until the forestay just becomes slack,
allowing the pin to be removed. There is no need to
slacken the turnbuckle.
Take the forestay back and secure to the mast.
Remove all halyards etc. from the rope clutches and
blocks as required. Wrap these around the mast to
retain all stays and halyards neatly against the mast.
It is important that this is done now, otherwise when
lowering the mast any loose stays will tend to fall away
over the boat. It also makes subsequent rigging easier.
Fit the mast raising pole/yoke assembly and begin
lowering the mast by letting out the trailer winch line.
The raising wires must be fitted with rotating masts.
As the mast comes down take care that the winch line
meets the center of the raising pole, and that the mast
is central when it reaches the aft mast support.
Once the mast is fully down, disconnect the winch
hook, reconnect to the bow eye, and retention. The
spinnaker halyard is then reconnected to the mast.
Disconnect mast from the step and walk the mast
forward until the mast can be mounted on the fwd
mast mount.
Secure the mast to the fwd and aft mast support. All
rigging wires and stays should now be secured to the
mast. This is to prevent them from rubbing on the deck
which will quickly wear through any gel coat or paint.
On long trips it is also a good idea to pad between the
wires and the mast or remove the wires altogether.
CAUTION
Do not use elastic cord type ties on the mast with
hooks as they can be dangerous by whipping back
and causing eye damage.
Rudder should be removed and stored. Should local
regulations not permit the rudder case to be left on
the transom, it should be removed and stowed in the
towing vehicle. If fitted, secure the pop top down or it
could lift up during high speed towing.
Connect the trailer lights (making sure they are on the
correct sides) and then check that the trailer is correctly
positioned under the hull. You are now ready for the
road.
LIFTING OUT
Should there be no ramp present then the Pulse 600
like all Corsair models can be quite safely lifted in and
out by the usual dockside lift.
Slings can be used around the complete folded craft,
the best bearing areas for the slings being the beam
areas.
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