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Raising the Jib
1. Attach the shackle on the end of the jib halyard wire
to the head of the jib.
2. Wrap the luff pocket of the jib around the forestay and
engage the zipper an inch or so. Next thread the jib
halyard line inside the luff pocket. See Figure 38.
3. Raise the sail by pulling on the jib halyard line and at
the same time advance the zipper down the luff until the
jib tack is even with the roller furling housing.
4. Attach the jib tack to the shackle on the neck of the
roller furling housing. .
5. Untie the jib halyard line and connect the luff
tensioner to the block on the end of the jib halyard.
Thread the tensioner down through the tack shackle,
then back up through the block on the jib halyard.
Secure the line in the jam cleat on the sail. See Figure
39.
6. IMPORTANT. Only apply the jib luff tension after the
shrouds and forestay have been tightened. To do so
beforehand could result in the jib halyard being broken
when the slack in the shrouds is taken up.
7. Attach the jib clew blocks to the jib clew, see Figure
40.
8. Thread the jib sheet through the port jib block, then
around the jib clew block. Take the line back and tie it
off at the becket on the jib block. See Figure 41.
9. Thread the remaining portion of the jib sheet through
the starboard jib block in this same fashion.
10. The roller furler line can be temporarily secured in
the jam cleat on the back side of the front cross bar.
Roller furler line adjustment on
take up spool.
a. Disconnect jib clew blocks
from jib clew.
b. Pullout the roller furler line
from the housing until the take
up spool is empty and secure the
line to the cleat on the front bar.
c. Wrap the sail clockwise
around the forestay until it is
completely furled.
d. Reattach the jib clew blocks to
the jib clew. The jib is now in the
furled position.
To unfurl the jib, release the
roller furler line which is cleated
on the front bar, and pull on the
jib sheet.
To furl the jib, release the jib sheet (both port and
starboard) pull the furler line until the jib is completely
furled. Do not partially furl the sail, this will cause
uneven stretching of the exposed sail.
Figure 41
Figure 40
Figure 39
Figure 38