Lagoon 421 Owner's Manual page 17

NAVIGATION
• REDUCING SAIL
The boat is fitted with 3 reefs.
Reefs n°1 and n°2 are automatic, n°3 is traditional.
The luff eyelet of reef n°3 is fitted with a strap with a snap shackle
to clip on to the eye bolt on the boom.
Putting in reefs n°1 and n°2:
1 - Head the boat into the wind.
2 - Pull tight the topping lift.
3 - Slacken the mainsail sheet.
4 - Slacken the mainsail halyard and then trim reef line n°1 or n°2,
as needed, until the reefing blocks which correspond to the luff
and the mainsail leech are a few centimeters from the boom.
5 - Close the line cam cleat of the respective reef.
6 - Hoist taut the mainsail halyard.
7 - Slacken the topping lift and take in the mainsail sheet.
Follow the lowering and raising of the sail with the help of the head
downhaul.
Putting in reef n°3:
Repeat steps 1 to 3 as before, then:
4- Slacken the mainsail halyard then trim reef line n°3 until the main-
sail leech block is a few centimeters away from the boom.
- Clip the snap shackle on the luff eyelet of reef n°3 onto the eye bolt
located on the boom.
- Take up the slack in the lines of reefs n°1 and 2.
- Repeat steps 5 to 7 as before.
LAGOON 421
Refer to the running rigging diagram (chapter on RIGGING AND
SAILS) for identification of ropes.
RECOMMENDATION
For safety, the reef line used should always stay on the
winch with 3 turns around the drum.
Re-close the cam cleat for greater safety.
• NAVIGATION WIND ASTERN
- Do not fall off more than 150° to the apparent wind.
- Put the traveler out as far as possible and slacken the sheet slight-
ly.
- Make sure the mainsail does not touch the shrouds ; the rubbing
of the battens will wear the material and cable very rapidly.
- Keep mainsail + solent up to 15 knots speed and put in one reef or
more if the accelerations are sudden and strong or if sea condi-
tions deteriorate.
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