4. Tie the main halyard to the head of the mainsail, using the “knot on a knot”
method. See the photo at the back of this manual – “knots”.
5. Hoist the mainsail, ensuring the boat is head to wind, by pulling on the end of
the main halyard that runs down the front face of the mast. Gently guide the
luff of the sail into the sail feeder, as you do so, as the elasticated boltrope
can jump the sail feeder easier than a standard solid boltrope.
6. Hoist the main nearly to the top, say 500mm short, then fix the control lines as
in 7 and 8, prior to the final hoist to the top. When the mainsail is hoisted to
the top of the mast, cleat the main halyard in the cleat located on the front
face of the mast.
7. Now you should shackle the kicker control block to the forward eye on top of
the boom, and then pass the 2 gnav roller lines attached to the blocks, over the
roller – from aft to forward – in the grooves in the roller, and down to loop over
the gooseneck pin ends to secure. Ensure that with the mainsail fully hoisted
the blocks on the end of the gnav roller lines are pulled right up to the roller
– see the photo below: You might need to adjust the lines in the process:
This will ensure you have maximum “travel” in your kicker/gnav system.
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