Routing your furling line
Pass the purple furling line through the fairlead on the furling drum
and through the hole in the furling drum spool. Tie a figure eight knot to
keep the line in this hole.
The fairlead may need to be twisted to point down the port side of the
deck. From the fairlead on the drum, run the furling line aft along the port
side of the hull, passing it underneath both beams, but above the
trampoline. Cleat the line in the furling cleat and tie the bitter end to the
black hatch pad eyes next to the cockpit rim, or to the hole in the gusset
plate just above the furling cleat.
Routing your jib sheets
With the jib tightly rolled, and the furling line cleated tight, tie one end
of the jib sheet (5/16" white line with blue & red flecks) to the clew of the
jib using a bowline. Run the line aft along the port side to the jib cleat on
the rear beam running it through fairlead first, and then the cam cleat.
Now, continue the sheet straight across the back beam to the jib cleat on the starboard side,
threading it first through the cleat and then the fairlead. Finally continue forward to tie a bowline on
the clew of the jib. This routing is called a continual jib sheet, which minimizes loose line in the
cockpit while sailing.
Mount mainsail on boom
1. Lay mainsail on grass or other clear surface so that the bottom four feet of the sail is
easily accessible.
2. Fasten the tack of the mainsail to the boom, using the long
shackle as shown at right.
3. Fasten the clew of the mainsail close to the boom, using the
Velcro webbing provided on the sail.
4. Tie the yellow outhaul line to the becket of the block on the boom end and route the line
from the becket, through the clew grommet, back through the block and secure it using
the jam cleat on the side of the boom.
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