10).
Tie the halyard on to the head of the sail. Thread the jib sheet through the
clew blocks on the sail. Attach the luff of the sail to the forestay using the clip
on hanks.
11).
Thread the lower end of the jib halyard through the double block on the fine
tune system under the foredeck, and then up through the port side deck
block, and cleat
.
12).
Hoist the jib by pulling the halyard up through the deck cleat. You will need to
ensure that the jib sheet is slack. Do not over tighten the jib halyard, you will
need the travel on the fine tune system
13).
Tension the luff using the 4:1 fine tune positioned under the foredeck.
How to tune the mast before sailing.
Once the jib is hoisted and the rig tensioned, you should check the rig settings as
rigging lengths can vary and the shroud settings indicated above only give a
guideline. A good sailing tension is 150 – 180 kg (285 - 400 lbs) measured on the jib
luff wire. This is a lot of tension and will require quite a strong pull on the tension
system rope.
There should be at least 110mm (4.33”) of pre bend, which is controlled in the main
part of the mast by the upper shroud tension.
Note, the spreaders are positioned
in a “safe” setting. Alterations are made at the owner’s risk – moving the
spreaders to extreme forward settings may result in rig failure by the mast
inverting downwind with the spinnaker up.
The mast should look like this when correctly tensioned.
