Commissioning; Preparation; Rigging The Mast - RS Vareo Rigging Manual

Your RS Vareo comes complete with all the components necessary to take the boat
sailing. In order to commission it, you will need the following tools:
• Pliers, or a shackle key
• PVC Electrician's Tape
You may require other tools later, should you wish to make any setting or tuning
adjustments to the boat or the rig. You will also need to tie some particular knots,
such as a bowline
Appendix 9.3 Three Essential Knots.
DO NOT use a knife or other sharp object to cut through packaging containing parts –
Whilst your RS Vareo has been carefully prepared, it is important that new owners
should check that
boat is new, as travelling can loosen seemingly tight fittings and knots. It is also
important to check such items regularly prior to sailing.
Your RS Vareo mast will come almost ready to step with:
• The main halyard
• The shrouds
Therefore, all that is required is to thread the
As with all boats, it is a good idea to tape up any shackles and sharp objects that may rip the
Take the gennaker halyard
of the mast bridge
block that is at the point where the
the mast. Run the
base of the mast.

2 COMMISSIONING

2.1 Preparation

or a figure-of-eight. If you are unfamiliar with the knot, please see
you may damage the contents!
shackles and knots are tight. This is especially important when the

2.2 Rigging the Mast

threaded.
fitted.
from where it exits on top
and thread it through the swivel
shrouds
gennaker halyard back down to the
gennaker halyard
TOP TIP
gennaker.
attach to
(Competition Rig).