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The main halyard has 2 parts; a wire part which attaches to the sail with a
shackle, and a green rope tail.
The main
halyard tail
leads down
from the
top of the
mast,
through 2
fairleads on
the front of
the mast,
then down
past the
mainsail
halyard
lock and
the main
halyard
clamcleat, then through the upper sheave on the right side of the mast step.
Once through the sheave, the halyard tail is coiled and placed in the tailbag.
The spinnaker halyard is red. It leads down the front of the mast, to the
lower sheave on the starboard side of the mast step, then aft, to a camcleat
with a red top on the starboard side of the centerboard trunk, back near the
mainsheet block. It is intended for the skipper to raise and lower the
spinnaker. The block at the top of the mast for the spinnaker is a swivel
block.
The jib halyard is blue, or white with a blue fleck.
It leads down the front of the mast, to the sheave
and camcleat with the blue top on the port side of
the maststep. Note that the jib halyard block up on
the mast is NOT a swivel block. The halyard part
that will attach to the jib is the outer part as you
look at the block. The part nearest the mast is the
part that leads through the sheave in the mast step.
All halyards should have a stopper knot in the end
of the tail, usually a figure eight knot.
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