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raising the mainsail (...)
cut out on the mast, it is helpful to have a second person to
feed the sail in as the halyard is pulled (you may need to
rotate the mast slightly if the batten pockets grip the mast).
As you are hoisting the sail ensure the
battens are all rotated in the same direction.
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When the sail is fully hoisted, the halyard is secured in the
cleat on the side of the mast and the tail of the halyard
stored in the pocket on the trampoline.
The bottom of the sail can then be fed into the mast track
below the cut out.
The mainsheet is simply hooked in to the eye at the back of
the main sail.
This should only be attached as you are going on to
the water.
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hooked back on to the mast each time.
The downhaul line comes up from the cross bar on the
side, back up through the sail eye again, down to the larger
pulley and then up through the V cleat.
Do not pull the downhaul on till you are on the water sailing
as this powers the rig up.
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