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Locking Headboard Assembly
Installation - Trip line
1. Trip line runs in sleeve in the sail luff. Choose Dyneema
®
uncovered 12 strand core for the trip line so that is
slides easily in the sleeve.
2. In the lower portion, just above the reef tack fittings, provide 1 to 1 1/2 m (3' to 5') gaps in the sleeve for access
to the trip line. A leader line can splice to the trip line and exit out the sleeve gaps just above each reef tack location.
This allows the tensioning above the reefed sail folds.
3. Secure the top end to the headboard car trip line bridle. Use a shock cord between the spectra line and the
headboard plate to reduce unintended tensioning of the trip line. Test to make sure the trip line can overcome the
shock cord to engage the pawls.
Leader line
Gap in sleeve
Leader line
Trip line in sleeve
Shock cord
Installation guidelines
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