Removing your mainsail
1. Point the boat into the wind.
2. Unclip the mainsheet block from the boom.
3. Uncleat the downhaul line and remove it from the eye on the gooseneck. This line can
remain tied to the pin in the mast base casting.
4. Remove the gooseneck slide from the bolt rope groove in the mast.
5. Uncleat the main halyard (after confirming it has a stopper knot in the end), and roll the sail
around the boom while it slides down the mast. Use care to assure the battens in the rolled
sail run parallel to the boom.
6. The sail can be stored while rolled around the boom, which will speed your next launch.
Boom and sail can be slid under the foredeck from the front cockpit.
Route reefing line
Tie blue reefing line (found with boom) with a bowline tight around the boom.
From this bowline run the line up thru the reefing clew grommet and back down
and thru the main clew grommet. Now, turn the line and run it forward along the
boom and pass it through the tack grommet at the front lower corner of the main.
From here, run up and through the reefing tack grommet and back down to
the cleat on the boom. The length of this reefing line should be adjusted so that
when the sail is at full hoist and sheeted tightly, the reefing line is just slightly taut
so it does not droop off of the boom.
Reefing your mainsail
In winds over 15 knots you will find it more comfortable and drier to
reduce your sail area by reefing your mainsail. Any time you are able
to bury your lee outrigger, your boat will be faster if you reef the sail.
To reef the sail, head the boat straight into the wind, roll up the jib and
release your mainsheet from its cleat. Carefully move forward into the
front cockpit to work at the base of the mast. Loosen the downhaul
line. Lower to mainsail approximately 32" from full hoist and re-cleat
the halyard. Remove the blue reefing line from the cleat on the boom and begin to pull it tight,
using your other hand to pull the reefing line forward along the boom to pull the clew tight.
Continue to tension this blue line until both the clew and the tack are pulled down close to the
boom and then secure the line to the cleat on the boom. Pull the downhaul line as tight as
possible. Tighten the outhaul line as tight as possible. You are now ready to sail again. If you'd
like, the reefed bundle at the bottom of the sail can be tied to the boon to keep it tidy.
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