2.3 The Boom and Vang
Shackle the bottom of the vang to the base of the mast.
Fit the inboard end of the boom to the gooseneck on the mast.
Shackle the top of the vang to the slider on the bottom of the boom.
Ensure that all the locating screws in the boom sliders are really tight.
It is easier to thread the mainsheet with the outboard end of the boom supported by the main halyard.
Feed the mainsheet through the centre-jamming cleat and through the ratchet block, ensuring it is threaded
the correct way round.
Pass the main sheet through the forward block on the boom.
Then pass it down through the forward of the two aft blocks.
Through the block on the main traveller.
Up through the aft block on the boom, with the rope running from front to back.
Finally, tie it off on the becket of the block on the main traveller.
2.4 Hoisting Sails
Rigging the Spinnaker
Firstly the spinnaker needs to be threaded in the boat to form the spinnaker downhaul line too.
The tail end of the spinnaker halyard is located at the foot of the mast,
emerging from a slot cut into the starboard side of the mast.
Thread the halyard through the block that is located just along side the mast step, just forward of the jib sheet
blocks. Ensure it is threaded so it is running towards the back of the cockpit.
Thread the halyard through the block on the starboard side of the cockpit floor, about 0.3m back from the mast
step bulkhead.
Then run the halyard through the cleat on the cockpit floor and through the block just behind it.
This is the point you will hoist the spinnaker from.
Take the end of the halyard of the top of the front foot rail and thread it through the block on the port side of the
cockpit floor, at the end of the spinnaker sock.
Thread the spinnaker halyard up the spinnaker sock to the bow. This end will be the spinnaker downhaul.
Open the spinnaker chute cover by releasing the rope from the cleat the elastic will open it automatically.
Tie the head of the spinnaker to the end of the spinnaker halyard.
Tie the spinnaker sheets to the corresponding corner of the spinnaker.
Thread the spinnaker downhaul through the first lower patch on the spinnaker then tie it off to the second
(higher) patch. Ensure that the downhaul line is in the middle of and not wrapped around the spinnaker
sheets.
Pull the spinnaker into the sock from the block at the end of the spinnaker sock in the cockpit.
Pull the spinnaker chute cover over the spinnaker chute
