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Once the sail is fully
hoisted, pull the halyard,
with tension, forward
and away from the
mast. Then pull the line
back against the mast.
(Keep the line centered
with the mast). This will
place the locking bead
below the “2 fingered”
hook. Release the halyard to engage the
hook. Repeat the process if the sail does
not remain at the top of the mast. Tie off
the halyard to the cleat.
DOWNHAUL AND ADJUSTMENT
Tie the downhaul line to the grommet at the
bottom of the main sail nearest the mast.
Use a bowline knot.
Pass the line down and
through the downhaul cleat
located in the mast track.
Pass the line back up and through the
downhaul (tack) grommet. Using the 3:1
purchase this creates, tension the luff of the
sail until the sail looks smooth and horizontal
wrinkles are removed.
Tie off the line at the cleat.
The downhaul should be tensioned just
enough to remove the horizontal wrinkles in
the sail luff (forward area). The boat will
perform best with light tension in light air and
a bit more when the wind is stronger. When
not sailing, totally relieving the tension on the downhaul will
greatly reduce sail flogging from wind.
RAISING THE MAIN SAIL
As shown, hook the halyard to the top of
the sail.
Feed the top portion of sail into the mast
track opening.
Begin pulling on the halyard line. Use
caution to be sure the sail feeds smoothly
into the mast while raising.
It will be necessary to help feed the sail
into the track while hoisting.
Hoist the sail all the way to the top of
the mast.
The lines are threaded through
each batten end cap but are not
tensioned. To tension the battens.
pull tension on the line forcing the
batten into the pocket and cleat it.
Tension each batten so that the
batten is well seated and the
wrinkles in the batten pockets are
removed. Excessive batten
tension will cause the sail to be
more difficult to handle. Many sailors release the batten
tension at the end of the day. This action releases the
pressure that might otherwise be stretching the sail while it is
not in use.
Tie a small figure 8 knot in the end
of each line to prevent the battens
from falling from the sail if the line
releases from the cleat. For extra
security, tuck the line under itself.
This insures that the line will not
work it’s way loose from the jam
cleat.
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