Performance Catamarans Prindle 19 - Hoisting the Mainsail

Finish tying string with a square knot and
tuck loose ends into batten pocket.
Finished tie on fiberglass batten.
Hoisting the mainsail
Face your boat into the wind when raising or
lowering your sails. Lay the mainsail to the
batten ends will not get caught on the tiller
crossbar.
Prindle 15 & 18:
Attach the twisted
shackle to the
main halyard
ring. NOTE: The
halyard should
follow the curf of
the mast and not
wrap around the
hook at the mast-
head.
Attach the twisted shackle to the head of the
mainsail and place forward edge of sail into
curf of mast.
With one hand, feed the sail into the curf
and pull on rope tail of halyard (exiting at
base of mast) with the other.
Make sure the
mast base sheave,
or roller, spins
freely while raising
the sail. If it does
not, you may need
to file the inside of
the mast base
casting.
When the sail
reaches the top
of the mast, you
must lock the
ring on the hal-
yard line to the
hook at the head
of the mast. To
do this, pull hal-
yard until the ring
is above the
hook.
Rotate mast (push
rotator) towards
the starboard hull)
so hook is inside
ring and pull down
on the tack of the
sail gently until
the ring locks onto
the hook.
Coil the extra
main halyard line
and store in one of
the pockets on the
trampoline.
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