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4.10 Rigging the spinnaker.
To complete this section, you will need:
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1 x Vision spinnaker.
•
1 x spinnaker sheet.
HINT
Always remember to tie a piece of rope to the bowsprit outhaul block when
fully de-rigging your RS Vision!
1) Unpack the spinnaker.
2) Tie the tack of the spinnaker to the ‘tack line’ that emerges from the
end of the bowsprit (see picture 4.31). The knot that is already in the
tack line needs to be left in place as it determines how far the bowsprit
comes out.
3) Tie the end of the halyard to the head of the sail (see picture 4.32).
4) Take the spinnaker downhaul line (the other end of the halyard), which
is rigged up the chute and with the spinnaker on the starboard (right)
side of the boat pass the end through the ring on the sail from bottom
of sail to top of sail direction (see picture 4.33).
5) Run the downhaul line up the sail and tie it off on the upper patch (onto
the cross of webbing) (see picture 4.34).
Picture 4.31 The tack of the spinnaker.
Picture 4.32 The head of the spinnaker.
