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4.6.5 - Dressing the Mast - Halyards
a)
b)
Locate the following items:
Tie end of the halyard line to the mouse line which
emerges from the mast head using knot #7.
Note: There are mouse lines for the halyards already running through the mast.
The main halyard is composed of two lines, a thicker red rope with a loop and
a thinner line attached to it.
mouse line
c)
Pull on the other end of the mouse line (which emerges from the port side of the mast,
near the mast foot).
Main halyard Plastic bobble