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14
RAISING THE SAILS
1. Point the boat into the wind before you begin this
operation.
2. Lay the main sail out on the trampoline. Insert the
battens into the batten pockets starting at the top of the
sail and working your way down. The batten has a tip on
each end. The end without any holes goes into the sail
first. Slip the batten in until it seats into the batten
pocket protector at the leading edge of the sail.
3. Thread the batten tie through the aft batten tip and
the sail as shown in Figure 33. Secure the end of the
batten ties with a figure eight knot.
4. Attach the twist shackle on the end of the main
halyard to the grommet in the headboard and feed the
sail into the sailtrack in the mast. See Figure 34. Note
the metal ring connected to the twist shackle. It will
engage the latching mechanism at the top of the mast.
(see Figure 34a). Continue to raise the sail by pulling
the main halyard out from the base of the mast.
5. It is recommended that you lubricate the leading edge
of the sail with paraffin from time to time to reduce wear
from the sail track. It will also make it easier to raise the
sail.
6. Raise the sail until the metal ring above the halyard
shackle engages the halyard hook at the top of the
mast. Store the excess halyard line in the pouch on the
trampoline.
7. Tie the downhaul line to the tack of the sail and lace
the downhaul as shown in Figure 35.
8. Attach the outhaul car on the boom to the clew of the
main. See Figure 36.
9. To lower the main, untie the downhaul and slide the
leading edge of the sail up the sailtrack a few inches.
Next pull hard on the main halyard and the metal ring
and the top of the sail will overrun the halyard hook,
rotate the mast to the starboard then release the
halyard.
Figure 34
Figure 33
Figure 34a