Phileas OPEN 5.00, Owner'S Manual

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The Main Sail
The Open 500 mainsail is "Full Batten" which
means that its battens go from the leech
to luff.
Tighten the battens slightly by using a six sided key.
Main sail supplied with
black battens ends :
Screw to tighten, unscrew to slacken.
Main Sail supplied with
grey battens ends :
Unscrew to tighten, screw to slacken.
The fabric must be very slightly stretched.
It is possible that after the first navigation you may
need to tighten again the battens a little as they will
have found their places in the slots.
Caution : A tension too strong will make it difficult :
- to engage the sail in the mast when
hoisting,
- to change the direction of the battens when
changing tack and will make the sail too
hollow.
The double ringot block #2603 is fixed on the strap
in the middle of the boom; the triple pulley is fixed
on the turret of the main sail.
The sheet passes as in the photo and is fixed on
the ringot by a fingertip bowline knot
, with a figure
of eight knot to hold the extremity of the sheet.
The Main Sail halyard is fixed at the head, taking
care that it does not turn right up to the top. Also be
careful, when you hoist the main sail to guide it with
the rope (by pulling towards the front of the boat) so
that the edge of the main sail is lax.
The clew is fixed on the boom by the shackle (see
photos of main sail sheet). This shackle needs to
be tightly fixed.
The tension of edge is set by drawing or by
slackening the regulator located towards the front
and on the top of the boom.
Attention, just turning the boom when it is fixed on
the mast makes the tackle located inside the boom
rolling up.
The reefing point cord, if any use requested,
passes in the tack point, in the reef eyelet then
goes down onto the starboard pulley on the boom
before being fixed in the clam.