LaserPerformance BUG Rigging Manual page 2

Bug Rigging Instructions
Th e Bug rigging instructions are a guide to rigging your boat.
Important information
1. Th ere are two hatches
and one transom drain
bung on the Bug, these
must all be checked to
ensure tightness and
correct fi t prior to sailing:
2. On the centerline
of the aft deck and
aft face of the
daggerboard thwart.
3. Check that the transom drain
bung is closed securely by
turning it in a clockwise
direction until hand tight.
1. Glossary
Aft: Rearward
Batten: A thin stiff ening strip in the sail to support the leach
Boom: Spar at the bottom of the mainsail
Bow: Front of the boat
Burgee: Wind direction indicator (usually a small fl ag)
Clew: Aft lower corner of a sail
Cunningham: Purchase system for tightening the forward edge/
luff of the sail
Daggerboard: Th e large board generally found in the middle of a
dinghy to aid in going upwind and add righting moment
Foot: Bottom edge of the sail
Fore: Forward
Gudgeon: Fitting on the transom and rudder used to hang rudder
Gunwale: Th e outermost edge of the boat
Head: Top corner of sail
Leach: Rear edge of the sail
Luff : Forward edge of the sail
Mast: Main vertical spar supporting the rig/sails
Example of
INCORRECT
hatch fi t:
Mast Heel: Bottom edge/foot of the mast
Mast Step: Integral tube where the mast heel/foot of the mast
is located
Outhaul: Purchase system for tightening the bottom edge/foot
of the sail
Painter: Rope exiting through the bow/front of the boat used
for leading/towing or tieing the boat to a jetty or buoy.
Pintle: Th e male portion of the rudder hanging system found on
the rudder of the Bug
Rudder: Blade and attachments used for steering the boat
Sheet: Rope for controlling the inward/outward position of
the sail
Stern: Back of the boat
Tack: Forward lower corner of sail
Transom: Surface that forms the stern of the boat
Vang: Purchase system for tightening the rear edge/leach
of the sail
2.Useful Boat Terminology
Head of sail
Battens
Leach of sail
Clew of sail
Boom
Stern/Transom
Rudder
Foot of the Sail
Useful
knots
to know
fi gure 8 or square knot
stopper knot
Nautical Terminology
Port: Left side of the boat
when looking forward
Starboard: Right side of
the boat when looking
forward
Gunwale: Upper edge of a
boat's side
Leeward: Direction away
from the wind
Windward: Direction from
which the wind is coming
Tack of sail
Daggerboard
cleat bowline clove hitch
Mast
Bow