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BENDING MAINSAIL ON MAST AND BOOM
With the battens installed in the sail and cover, you are ready to thread foot hardware or
bolt rope onto the boom track. Put the clew end of the sail onto the forward end of the
boom and pull the sail aft as the slides enter the track- this definitely is easier with an extra
set of hands helping you. As you pull the sail aft, be sure the acrylic cover and sail do not
snag and tear on cleats or other hardware which may be on the boom. Fasten the clew and
tack rings into their respective cars or pins. See Figure 4b and 4c
NOTE: Any Doyle mainsail requires that the boom must be equipped with a clew outhaul
car, or the sail must have a slide attached directly to the clew ring. If your sail does not
have such a slide, contact you sailmaker before proceeding with the installation.
With tack and clew secured, put moderate tension on the outhaul and make it fast. At this
point, you are ready to install mainsail luff slides.
Ideally, the mast track has already been lubricated using the bottle of lubricant before the
mast was stepped as suggested in the introduction. If this has not already been done, the
designated person to ascend in the bosun's chair should be sent aloft to spray the entire
track.
The easiest method for threading the slides is to attach the main halyard to the head of the
sail and to hoist the sail slowly while feeding the slides into the gate. When the sail is fully
hoisted, you are ready to proceed with rigging the lazy jacks.
NOTE: For your StackPack to function correctly, the slide gate on the mast must allow slides
to stack up directly above the tack fitting. This insures that the stacked height of the slides
will be
low enough to allow the acrylic cover to be zipped closed after the sail has been
lowered. See Figure 4a.
IF YOUR GATE DOES NOT PERMIT THIS COMPACT STACKING OF THE SLIDES, HAVE IT
MODIFIED SO THAT IT WILL!
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