Picture 4.21 The Mainsail Clew Hook
19) Take the downhaul rope and tie a large figure-of-eight knot in one end.
20) Thread the other end of the downhaul up through the gooseneck mast collar, on
the port-hand side of the mast.
21) Pass the end of the downhaul through the bottom eyelet in the tack of the
mainsail (the Cunningham), and through the cleat on the starboard side of the
mast (see picture 4.22).
Picture 4.22 The Downhaul
Mainsail
Clew Hook
Outhaul
Elastic
Outhaul
Gooseneck
Mast Collar
Figure-of-Eight
Knot
Downhaul