RS SAILING Venture S, Rigging Manual

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6.3 - Rigging the Gennaker Halyard / Downhaul
You should currently have both ends of the gennaker
halyard/downhaul tied somewhere at the base of the mast.
Untie the end which emerges from the front of the mast
near the mast foot.
a)
b)
Pass the end of the gennaker halyard through the floating block on the end of the
launch line.
The launch is already attached to the boat - It exits the side of the bowsprit (near
the inboard end, goes forward to a block at the bow (under the foredeck) and
terminates at a ‘floating’ block.
Pass the tail of the gennaker halyard aft from the floating block and through the
fairlead on the starboard side of the mast (near the mast foot).
c)