RIGGING INSTRUCTIONS
Stepping the mast
1). Ensure that the halyards are positioned so the ends can be reached once the
mast has been stepped.
2). Stand up the mast next to the boat, adjacent to the mast gate. One person
should stand in the boat and lift the mast into place, taking care when
lowering it through the gate in the deck and down into the mast step. Ensure
the heel is properly located in the mast step. It helps to ensure that the mast
step is clear of ropes before you start to lift the mast into position, and that the
deck control rope is loosened off. When stepped, visually check that the T
terminals have not become jammed into the wrong positions when stepping.
3). The rig has no forestay, so it is a good idea to attach the spinnaker halyard to
the U-bolt on the bow, and to thread the tail through the turning block and into
the cleat on the starboard side of the capping, this helps to support the mast
and prevent it falling backwards out of the step, damaging the mast gate area
of the deck.
4). Attach the main shrouds to the large aft chain plates, approximately in the
middle of the fitting (3/4 holes from the top or bottom). You may have to pull
the top of the mast towards the chain plate using the main halyard to help get
the pins through the hole.
5). Fit the lower shrouds by inserting the t-terminals on the top end through the
bracket above the gooseneck and attach the lower ends to approximately the
middle of the forward smaller chain plates. (When the mast is tensioned to a
sailing tension, the lowers should just be tight enough to limit forwards bend).
6). Connect the keel hoist rope to the stainless steel block on the purchase
system. Connect the snap shackle to the top of the keel.
Rigging the jib
7). Rotate the jib furler on the tack bar at the bow, until the furling line is fully
wound on to the drum. If you do not do this then the sail will not furl away
fully. Check that the T-terminal on the halyard is correctly positioned on the
mast.
8). Shackle the jib tack to the swivel in the tack bar. Tape the shackle to stop the
spinnaker ripping on it when hoisting or lowering the sail.
Shackle the halyard on to the head of the sail. It helps to tape the fitting here
also, and to put one layer of tape onto the swivel to stop the halyard twisting
as you hoist the jib.
Shackle the jib sheet on the clew board on the sail. Start on the middle hole.
9). Hoist the jib until the loop on the end of the wire halyard emerges from the
exit on the mast below the gooseneck. Hook on the jib halyard tensioning
purchase (which is shackled to the mast near the base) to the end of the
halyard. Pull on the rig tension using this purchase to take the slack out of the
system. About 75 kg of rig tension is sufficient for in the dinghy park and
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