XCS Excess15, User Manual

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HOISTING THE MAINSAIL
- Point your boat into wind with engine in gear.
- Make sure that the mainsheet is eased off and the reefs are free.
- Open the jammer.
- Hoist the sail being careful for the battens not to get jammed in the
lazy-jacks.
- Make fast the halyard with the jammer.
- Trim the mainsail according to the wind and sea conditions.
To lower the mainsail:
- Haul up.
- Tighten the topping lift.
- Slacken off the halyard, lower the mainsail then furl it.
- Tighten the sheet.
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SHORTENING THE SAILS
Automatic reefing system:
- Move into the wind.
- Release the tension on the downhaul.
- Ease off the mainsail a bit.
- Ease off the mainsail halyard.
- Take up the reef tack line.
- Tension the mainsail halyard.
- Set the mainsail.
- Retension the downhaul if necessary.
During automatic reefing, the mainsail halyard must not be dropped
too far (risk of incorrect pulley positioning).
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SQUARE TOP MAINSAIL
The cruising square top mainsail halyard is lashed on the eyelet of the
sail, not on the headboard traveller.
The square top will be properly set automatically once the sail is
hoisted up.
FITTING OF THE MAINSAIL CRUISING SQUARE TOP SYSTEM
See the illustration on the opposite page.
- Remove the pin of the headboard car (mark A).
- Make the 2 strand tackle as per the drawing on the opposite page.
- Put back the headboard car pin (mark A), adding the sheave.
The length of the headboard line is adjusted to the right dimension for
a new sail at the sailmaker’s.
The lashing (mark B) makes possible to make up for the possible
lengthening of the rope due to ageing.
Note: this system is patented by the INCIDENCE sailmaker.
WaRNING
a cruising square top mainsail is more powerful than a standard mainsail.
Shorten the sails earlier, depending on the wind conditions.
03.4 Sails