Getting Underway
6.4
quick-levered adjusters. Attach or confirm the forestay
pigtail is attached to the forestay tang on the mast.
Attach or confirm the forestay pigtail is equipped with the
upper swivel.
4. Attach the rolled up jib to the upper swivel and tie it off
at the base of the mast. Ensure the roller furler drum is
attached to the stemhead fitting. Ensure the main hal-
yard is secured to the mast.
5. If rigging solo, remove the forward compartment cover
and cover battens.
6. Place the mast inside the boat with the top pointing
aft and the base pointing forward and close to the mast
step.
7. Pin the shroud adjusters to the port and starboard
chain plates and open them up. Walk the mast back
sufficiently to insert the base of the mast into the mast
step, aligning the pegs in the mast with the grooves in
the step.
8. Position oneself center aft in the cockpit. Lift and raise
the mast along a centerline trajectory.
9. Have one’s partner attach the lower jib forestay to the
roller furling drum. If rigging solo,carefully attach the pin
and then maintain downard tension on the rolled-up jib to
prevent the mast from falling backwards.
10. Close the quick-levered shroud adjusters to tighten
the rig and ensure no slack exists. If one must adjust the
pins, open the adjuster and carefully raise or lower the
pins to achieve the desired tension. Hold the main hal-
yard to stabalize the mast while the pins are adjusted.
11. Locate the boom and attach it to the gooseneck fitting
on the mast using the gooseneck fitting pin and ring.
12. Run the mainsail slugs into the groove of the mast
and attach the main halyard. If the outhaul line is not
attached, run it from the clew of the sail through the eye
on the back of the boom and foward to the cleat on the
side of the boom.
13. Rig the mainsheet purchase and attach the upper
block to the boom. Ensure there are no twists and the
cleat is working properly. To change the angle of the
cleat on the lower mainsheet block, loosen the screw in
the middle of the block and rock the cleat assembly up or
down and tighten.
14. Rig the boom vang. Attach upper and lower vang
blocks and run vang line.
14. Ensure the upper roller furling line runs through the
drum and out the top with a stop knot. Run the jib sheets
aft through the swivel jam cleats on the forward edge of
the seats. Ensure the lines run from the jib through the
eye or fairlead and then through the jam cleat and tie stop
knots on the end of the sheets. Test the furling system.
15. Install the out haul line in the boom with the messen-
ger line provided and lead from the sheave at the back of
the boom through the lower cringle at the back of the sail
and aft to the end of the casting.
16. Attach the rudder/tiller assembly.
17. When in water, lower the rudder and centerboard
according to depth. Ensure loose batten is inserted in the
mainsail. Raise and unfurl sails, beginning with the main
and then the jib while powering into the wind. Once each
halyard is tensioned, the halyard can be pushed down
into its respective rope clutches. However, care should
be taken not to inadvertently open the rope clutches,
since the sails will lower rapidly if this is done. When the
sails are raised, the boat can be laid off and the engine
turned off.
18. After a day of sailing, the sails should be lowered/
furled in while again powering into the wind, with the jib
furled in first and then lowering the main. Protect your
sails by covering them with the sail cover or furling them
completely up.
6.4 Returning to Port
After completing the day’s cruise and mooring your boat,
shut down the engine, if applicable.
* Reduce engine speed to idle. Place transmission con-
trol in neutral. Allow engine to idle for a few minutes.
* Move switch to OFF to shut down the engine.
Before going ashore, check the following items:
Boat securely tied to dock
Sails are secured
Centerboard and rudder are up if trailering.
A thorough washdown of your hull, decks, and rigging
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