Dragonfly 32 Swing Wing, Manual

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SAILING AND TRIMMING GUIDE:
IMPORTANT
– It is of great importance always to keep your sheets and halyards
tidy when sailing because all lines come to the cockpit. This is a very important
safety factor and improves the joy and pleasure of sailing for all on board.
TRIMMING THE GENOA:
The luff tension is to be adjusted by the Genoa/Jib halyard. In light winds, of
course only little tension just to avoid wrinkles along the luff. In more wind the
luff needs more tension, but only to keep the luff tight, more is not necessary
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over tensioning can damage the sail. But if you lose the luff tension too much, the
Genoa halyard can be furled around the forestay and damage the forestay and
can in worst case cause the forestay to break.
NEVER tighten the Genoa halyard with full load on the genoa sheets.
Under normal conditions the Genoa car on the cabin roof should be placed in the
aft end of the track, approx. in the centre of the cabin top hatch. If the Genoa
”closes” in the aft leach, move the Genoa car a bit aft, and if the genoa "opens"
further up in the aft leach, pull the Genoa car a bit forward.
On the Supreme version, you can adjust the Genoa car from the cockpit via the
Genoa track outhaul on the halyard stopper, and also the Genoa sheet goes
through the halyard stopper marked as GENOA.
The
“GENOA” halyard stopper is normally ALWAYS left open, and ONLY used if
the winch is needed for another purpose. In case you need to put a reef in the
Genoa you MUST pull the Genoa car forward for right trim. The Genoa itself has 2
marks on the foot of the Genoa, which is only to indicate 1 + 2 reef position on
the furling Genoa.
For
“ reef 1 ” the Genoa car is pulled approx. 50 to 60 cm = 2' forward on the track
approx. so the Genoa car is lining up with the halyard lead blocks, and for Genoa
“ reef 2 ” the Genoa car is pulled further forward 10-15 cm forward of the mast, if
the Genoa is reefed more, the traveller is pulled approx. up to the forward end of
the track. For your information, only use the barber haul system on beam reach
or downwind, never upwind.
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To pull out the Genoa, always OPEN/release the furling line on its
jammer/clutch on the cabin top by the other halyards. Then you just pull
the Genoa sheet and the Genoa will unfurl and be active.