The
Jib Sh
ee
t
A single line is used
10
make up lhe Harpoon's jib sheets. To rig
it, run the
line through
th
e
crongle
on
the clew ol the jib unhl you reach
the
cemer Then, knot the tine as
In
Fog
(A) Each sheet
1s
then read
directly to the fib falrleads on either
s1de
of the deck, run from
outb
oa
rd
to inboard and across the boat to the crew
In
general, one
person
should
be
able to comfortably manage the Harpoon jib 1n
most w
ond
condouons
The jib can
be
temporanty secured at any
tome
woth
the cam cleats that aredoreclly mboard of the
faorleads
.
Fog
(B)
War
n1ng
. tn strong
wonds
, never leave the
Jib
sheet cleated or
untended. A sudden
Shih
or
gust could capsiZe the boat unless the
Sheet
is ready to be cased at all
t1mes
Bel ore
sa1Jtng
,
be
sure to
toe
a
stopper knot
In
the end otthe sheet to prevent it
hom
running
through
I he lairtead
ace•
dentally
Ag
(C) shows how
21
•
Mainsail Battens
Battens are
erotica
lly •mportantto
the
ma•nsatt of most boats.
and
the
Harpoon is
no
excaptoon They help
mainta1n
the
leeCh
of
the
sail in an e
xt
ended pos
•l
ion, as well as prevent curling or
flullenng
olthe
leech, which reduces
the
satl's efficiency
Your Harpoon comes
w1th
lour (4) t1berglass ballens. Each
one
IS tapered to provide a
11e
x1b
te
forward end
so
that the
sa11
assumes
ols
proper aerodynam•c shape
You'll
notoce
that spec•al
etastocozed
pockets are sewn
1010
the
leech of the
maonsaol
to accommodate each bauen The upper
bauen
1s the only one that extends all the way to the mast
Thos
IS
so
that
you
can control
the
curvature ol
the
upper
ponoon
of
the
sari.
You
do
1hos
by
controlling
the
1ens1on
of the banen,
wo1
h
the
help
of
an
adtustabte, velcro closure
To
obta•n the most effiCient shape
poss1bfe
on
your ma
onsa•l.
it
ts
tmponanl that you understand how to properly adtust the upper
bauen's
rcns1on
In
heavy
wonds
, the batten should be under very
loUie
tensoon
, and therefore
rela1
1vety flat In
droll1ng
conditions, the
bauen should
be
consoderably compressed,
prov1d1ng
a deeper
shape
lor more power
22
r
To Next Page
Loading...
