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n SAIL SETTING
STANDARD MAINSAIL
When the mainsail is on the deck:
- Screw the pins of the mast sliders into their boxes.
- Put in the battens starting from the leech.
- Screw the cap of the box till you get the desired tension (the tension screw
shall not stick out of the sail).
Mind you do not forget the locking screw.
- Put the mainsail in the lazy-bag.
- Set the mainsail onto its slides, begin with the head board and fi nish with
the tack.
ROLLER FURLING MAINSAIL
- Remove the hatch giving access to the furling gear.
- Spread the sail on the deck.
- Fasten the head (Strap) onto the shackle of the upper swivel. Pay attention
to the furling direction.
- Reeve the leech adjustment pennant through the clew block.
- Hoist the sail.
Guide the bolt rope (Sometimes the groove is not polished enough at its be-
ginning).
- When the sail is hoisted, board the main tack to the lower shackle.
- Sway up but do not force.
- Put the access hatch back.
- Furl the sail head to wind, keeping a very slight tension on the foot.
The boom vang and mainsheet shall be eased off.
ROLLER FURLING GENOA
Hoist the genoa before you get under way, taking advantage of a windless
period of time.
- Secure the head.
- Secure the halyard to the slide-swivel.
- Secure the tack to the drum and secure the sheets.
- Insert carefully the bolt rope into the hole, hoist the sail and take care you
do not tear it.
- Haul the halyard taut enough but sway it up less than a sail on a standard
stay.
- Hoist it until the horizontal creases disappear (the tension of the luff shall be
adjusted after a few sea trips).
- Pull on the line from the cockpit to furl the genoa.
RIGGING / SAILS
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