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RIGGING LAZY JACKS
To rig lazy jacks, it is necessary to send a person aloft in a bosun's chair. However, before
you start hauling them up, carry out the following steps, so all will be ready when the
person goes up the mast.
R Locate the lazy jack, neatly coiled and hanging from the acrylic cover on each side of the
sail.
R Locate the lazy jack adjustment cleats fastened to the sail in the tack area just inside
the acrylic cover.
R Locate tail of line hanging from each cleat. Adjust the tails so that four feet of line
extends through the cleat. The tails should both hang at equal lengths and must have a
stopper knot in the end (figure 8 knot is just fine here.) Jam the tails in securely. (See
Figure 5b.)
R Uncoil the lazy jacks on each side of the sail. Bring the end to the mast. Tie both ends
together, so the person in the bosun's chair can carry them aloft.
Having completed the above steps, you are ready for your bosun's chair and person who
likes heights!
Equipped with a sharp knife and a roll of vinyl rigging tape, a person should be hoisted aloft.
The person in the bosuns chair should be careful to thread the lines aft of the lower
shrouds, the spreaders, the intermediate shrouds, and the preventor stays.
When they reach 55% of the distance up the mast, the lazy jacks must be tied off to the
correct pad eye on each side of the mast, i.e., the port lazy jack to the pad eye on the port
side of the mast, etc. Lazy jacks must not cross one another, and they must run clear from
small blocks above the cover to the padeyes without interfering with any other rigging. To
secure each lazy jack properly, pass "its" end through the pad eye twice and pull it snug,
then tie, at least four half-hitches around the standing part of the line (see Figure 5a).
Note: It is not necessary to make the lazy jacks excessively tight, since they can
be adjusted at the lower forward end later.
With the four half hitches secure, carefully tape the entire knot with rigging tape, right up to
the pad eyes. This should be about 4".
Now lower your mast person in the bosun's chair to the lower pad eye position on the mast.
They should take the forward cover lines and tie them to the lower eyes, leaving about 6" of
slack in these lines. DO NOT CUT AND TAPE THESE LINES UNTIL YOU HAVE
DETERMINED THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT THE COVER CORRECTLY WHEN THE SAIL
IS LOWERED AND PACKED.
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