halyard on the mast fx. boom fitting with a safe and secure knot, and then pull the
forward pulling line by the SB coach top winch. After this, please adjust the boom so
it points about 10° backwards or approx. 1,5' (50 cm) at the top of the boom to allow
the spinnaker halyard to stretch, so the mainsail boom will clear the pulpit when the
mast is up.
• IF THE BOAT IS FULLY OPEN AND FOLDET OUT, secure the mast backwards by
fastening the main halyard fx. to the back/aft mooring cleat and make sure that the
main halyard is completely fully installed at the mast base and back to the
jammer/clutch on the SB side cabin top. With the main halyard, you can now hold the
mast backwards when the mast is set at the almost final position to prevent the mast
from falling forward as the side stays are VERY slack when both floats are fully open
– if you forget this, the mast WILL fall forward – therefore we always normally only
step the mast with either both floats folded in or only with one float folded in.
• Before setting the mast, make sure to tie up electrical cables to the mast, so they do
not get damaged between the mast and the mas base when stepping the mast.
• Now the mast raising system is all set up and ready. Please check again that all
procedures have been followed so far correctly.
• Make sure that no person are present in the direction, where the mast can fall down,
in case this should happened.
• We recommend that one person holds the forestay on the port side of the boat, so it
does not get damaged or will scratch the boat.
• Now you can start pull up the mast gently and slowly on the SB side cabin top winch
using a winch handle. Just take your time – no stress – ALLWAYS check that the
sidestays aft do not kink or jam fx. on the backend of the floats– this often happens.
• When you start to pull up the mast, you need some strength/power (not a problem)
but you will realize that the higher up the mast comes, the much less force you need
to lift the mast, so again take your time, and do it slowly – especially slow when the
mast is almost upright.
• When the mast is almost up, again check carefully that the side stays has no kinks on
the deck of the float and further up on the side stay where the side stay has a
Quicklink to assembly the lower and the longer upper part of the side stay. Also look
up on the mast that the side stays look normal where these are fixed to the mast –
these Quicklink can jam or twist here and result that the mast does not get all the
way up, if the forestay is much too short, check this.
• Check that the mast base on the mast is in correct position and fully down in correct
position when the mast is up, before fixing/mounting the forestay, if the mast is not
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