10. In-Mast furling mainsail
Unfurling the mainsail:
1.
Ensure the lever on the reefing winch at the mast is in the free position.
2.
Open the line clutches “Main In” and “Main Out”. This is the endless line that goes
around the winch at the mast. Take the “Main out” side of the line and put one wrap
around the winch. This will enable you to control the speed of pulling out the sail in
breeze.
3.
Check the outhaul clutch is closed.
4.
Ensure the yacht is pointed into the wind and the vang is eased a little so the boom is
horizontal/perpendicular to the mast.
5.
Open your mainsheet clutch and ease mainsheet a foot or two.
6.
Pull on the
“O
uthaul
” whilst you ease the “Main Out”
line, always keeping an eye on the
mainsail
coming out of the slot in the mast and keeping tension on the “Main Out” line
(the line can hop off the winch if this is not done)
. It is recommended you unfurl the
sail by hand and not with an electric winch to reduce damage to the sail if something
were to go wrong.
7.
When unfurling the main all the way, do not tension the outhaul so that the clew goes
beyond the black marker near the end of the boom.
Do not open any clutch labeled “Do not touch” as it is
the halyard. Releasing the
halyard will make it difficult to furl and unfurl the sail.
“
Main in
” and “Main out”
line clutches.
This is an endless
line that runs through both clutches.
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