Roll the sail
Now that the sail is on the boom, the entire package can be rolled up. Grasp the center of the
boom and start to roll toward the head of the sail. Be careful to assure the battens remain parallel to
the roll. The rolled sail can be placed in the front cockpit for storage, or rested on crossbeams to
prepare to raise the mainsail.
Raising your mainsail
The mainsail is raised using the following steps:
1. Point the boat into the wind.
2. Fasten the main halyard shackle to the head of the rolled
mainsail. Gravity will unroll the sail as you begin to hoist. Use
care to assure halyard runs straight from the masthead to the
sail without wrapping around the mast or shrouds.
3. Pull the tail of the main halyard that exits the bottom of the
mast to raise the sail, while feeding the bolt rope into the
mast.
4. Once the sail reaches the top of the mast, secure the halyard
using the cleat on the side of the mast.
5. Insert the gooseneck slide into the bolt rope slot on the mast
as shown in Step 3.
6. Tie the downhaul line to the pin on the side of the mast base
casting and from there, run it up through the downhaul ring
and back to the jam cleat on the mast.
7. Now the mainsail is secure and you can clip the single block
with becket on the mainsheet, onto the boom eye.
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