BEETLE CAT
Instructions:
Follow these instructions carefully and step by step. The rigging lines of the boat could
tangle easily so do not undo the lines until instructed.
1.
Unwrap the hull and stand. The Beetle Cat comes attached already to it’s own
display stand. Set the boat and stand so the starboard side is facing you in order
to follow the instructions and to compare with the diagrams.
2.
Study the cleats A, B, P & S and deck cleats C & D. Also there is one traveler on
the aft deck in diagram (1.) They each have a fixed position that corresponds to
different rigging lines and sail sheets of the boat. See diagram (1).
3. Insert the rudder onto the boat by lining up the brass pintels into the gudgeon
eyes on the transom. Insert the tiller through the hole in the transom and slide it
into the metal sleeves on the rudder.
4. Unwrap the packing of the mast. There is a brass eye in the mast about an inch
from the bottom. This eye must face towards the stern of the boat. Insert the mast
into the mast step on the deck.
4a. Attach the shroud lines to eyes A & B on the deck. See diagram (2) on next page.
5. Unpack the sail. You may want to press the sail with an iron to get out any
wrinkles. Find brass eye “M” on the mast and set the gaff jaw on eye M and hold
it until you start working with the peak halyard. There is a loose line on the gaff.
Attach the hook on the blocks of the peak halyard to this line. The other long end
of the halyard should lead down through eye “P” near the mast step. Fix the line
around cleat “C” on the port side of the boat.
Sail Classics, Inc.
PO Box 747 Lakebay, WA 98349
Phone: 800-652-3757 Fax: 253-884-7858
