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1. Tension the forestay for hard close-reach sailing
before
the sail is hoisted. If the sail is
hoisted firmly tensioned before the forestay, this may put excess strain on the halyard,
halyard swivel and sail when the forestay is tensioned afterwards.
2. Lay out the sail on deck. It should be carefully flaked down with the tack turned forward.
3. Turn the tack ring counter-clockwise if the furling line exits on the port side of the drum, or
clockwise if it exits on the starboard side.
4. Attach the tack of the sail to the tack snap shackle.
The forestay must be properly tensioned each time the sail is hoisted. You should
therefore tension the backstay and any running backstays before hoisting the sail.
5. Attach the sheet to the clew. Take the sheet through the lead block and then on to the cockpit.
Put a figure-of-eight knot in the ends.
6. Guide the sail luff tape through the pre-feeder, into the correct groove. Attach the head of the sail
to the stainless steel shackle of the halyard swivel.
7. Attach the halyard to the upper eye of the halyard swivel.
Fig. 11.1.a
11 Sailing with Furlex
11.1 To hoist the sail