Stepping the Mast
It is best to leave the trailer hitched on the car
while raising the mast, to assure the stability of
the boat and the trailer. Otherwise you need to
block the back of the trailer so that it cannot
move or tip up.
It is advisable to start by arranging the mast on
the boat, with the mast foot close to the
rotation ball.
Fix the forestay to the hull plate (
second hole
from the front
).
The adjuster plates should just have an
average adjustment
Remove the pin and arrange with a flat profile
(spreaders vertical) engage the mast onto the
rotation ball and put the pin back in place.
It is imperative to keep the profile flat
until
the mast is vertical.
The same thing goes when bringing the mast
down. This is why we advise not to help by
pulling on the forestay, (it is better to use the
spinnaker halyard).
A crew member gets into the boat and raises
the mast until the shrouds are stretched. The
jib halyard is then fixed to the winch of the
trailer by 2
fingertip bowline knots
which will
be used for tightening the rigging while you fix
the forestay.
Once the forestay is fixed to the adjuster plate
of the drum, the winch is loosened.
Your mast is in place.
It is imperative when bringing the mast
down to also respect the flat profile
position of the mast (spreaders vertical)
and to avoid lowering by the forestay or
the jib halyard. If the pin of the mast foot
has been taken out during navigation
it
must be put back into place before
lowering the mast.
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