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In addition to the halyards on the mast, there is also the spinnaker
toppinglift, which is red with a gold fleck. This line
leads down to a V cleat near the gooseneck. The
other end is tied with a bowline into a snap hook
which is snapped into the spinnaker pole ring on the
mast.
Also secured into the snap hook is a length of blue
shockcord, which is also attached to the base of the
mast in the front. This is the spinnaker foreguy.
The foreguy is permanently attached so you never
have to think about it.
The mainsail Cunningham (aka mainsail downhaul) is
a gray line attached to the mast with a bowline,
through an eye near the gooseneck. The Cunningham
goes up through a grommet in the mainsail, then
down to a V cleat on the other side of the mast. The Cunningham acts as the
mainsail downhaul. It should be eased when the mainsail is hoisted, then
tightened to control mainsail luff tension.
Rigging the boom
The forward end of the boom has a hole in it, into which the pin on the
gooseneck is installed. Note that there is nothing to hold the boom onto the
gooseneck pin. The boom vang is attached to the boom, with a double v-jam
becket block which attaches to the mast near the base, on a bale like the
vang attachment point on the boom. The vang block is attached to the mast
bale (eye) by a bow shackle. Unscrew the pin from the shackle, pass the
body of the shackle through the hole in the bail, then screw the shackle pin
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