Due to her fat stern, she will pick up buoyancy and float in very shallow water. Un-clip
the bow, and bring the boat alongside the jetty. Re park the car.
Raising Sail
We normally begin by setting the mizzen, then raising the mainsail (depending on wind
direction and strength) then lastly setting the jib.
Unfurl the mizzen by rotating the mast until fully unrolled, then attach the front end of
the sprit boom into the prussic loop provided and tighten the mizzen out haul.
Lower the rudder blade into the water by releasing the rudder up haul line which is
cleated on the tiller. This will give you basic steerage way but ensure that you pull the
blade right down as soon as you are deep enough and cleat into the auto release cleat on
the opposite side of the tiller from the uphaul cleat. When the boat is hard on the wind
you will find it extremely difficult to pull the rudder blade down. Luff up into wind for a
few seconds to make your job much easier.
Next comes the mainsail, though you may prefer to motor out and raise this when you
have sea room. If you cannot hold the boat roughly head to wind it becomes very difficult
to raise the main, so it is not always possible to do this when at the jetty.
Assuming you can, then the first thing to do is attach the main halyard to the topmast
using the spliced snap hook in the end (see point 1 , photo 8)
Photo 8. Feed the halyard (1) around the back of the topmast (2), into the sawn-through
bullseye (3), and clip back on itself.
