Dragonfly 32 Swing Wing, Manual

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By taking the mainsail off again, never take off the Ronstan batten cars away
from the mast track, all the balls will fall out – just loosen the 8mm nut on the
batten car that is fixed to the batten pocket on the mainsail.
Only set the mainsail in calm wind conditions.
When the mainsail is up, you can easy install the single line lazy-jack system,
which also works as a topping lift to hold up the mainsail boom. The lazy jack has
only one line, please see a photo of the boat under sail which will easy show this.
IMPORTANT: The reefing line in the back end of the boom comes out from a
sheave and through the block in the backend (leach) of the mainsail and is tied
with a bolen knot forward of the main sail clew webbing, so it does not slide aft
out of the rear boom end, this is VERY important.
REEFING LINES:
The reefing lines are installed along outside the mast, check the reefing lines goes
through the big stainless eye at the “Gooseneck” fitting (mast fitting to hold the
boom to the mast). The reefing lines stay in/on with the boom at all times – also
when the boom is taken away from the mast.
Deck plugs must be greased for better connection and to avoid corrosion.
Important is to cover the deck plugs on the deck over the winter, when the plugs
have been taken off, so these do not get any water inside.
Be careful the cables at the mast base does not get damaged or caught when
stepping the mast AND also remember to unscrew these from the deck plugs
when taken the mast off the boat.