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4. Take one end either side of the boat and thread it firstly through the
fairlead and then through the jib cleat. You can either tie a figure 8
stopper knot in each sheet or tie the two ends together.
Picture 4.21 Jib sheets.
4.8 The rudder.
To complete this section, you will require:
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The rudder.
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The rudder stock.
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The rudder downhaul and block.
1) Undo the plastic wing nut on the rudder stock and remove the bolt.
2) Slide the rudder into the stock making sure to feed the rope over the
small roller fitted in the stock, and out under the tiller.
3) Line up the hole in the rudder with the hole in the rudder stock.
4) Push the bolt through the stock and rudder, making sure to line up the
head of the bolt with the recess in the plastic washer. Also that the little
lugs on the plastic washer line up with the holes in the stock.
It may
need a little tap to get it through!
5) Refit the plastic wing nut and tighten. The nut should be tight enough to
stop the rudder slopping about in the stock, but not tight enough as to
make it hard to rotate the rudder.
6) Tie the rudder downhaul block onto the rope that you threaded into the
stock (see picture 4.22).
