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7.6 - Outhaul
a)
Pass the end of the outhaul rope through the clew of the main sail and clip it on the
end of the boom Ensure that the main halyard rope is in the cleat and pull the main
sail to the top. Pull on the main sail at the bottom corner near the mast to check that
it is properly cleated.
The knot at the end of the outhaul
hooks into the cleat on the boom end.
The main halyard tail can
now be tidied away into the
pouch on the sail. There
are two pouches on the sail
for the main halyard. Use
the lower one unless the
mainsail is reefed.
g)
Pouches
7.5 - Hoisting the Mainsail
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