Raising The Mainsail - Nacra F18 Evolution Assembly Manual

4. Knot the ends to the strapeyes. Make sure the
traveler car is in the middle of the rear crossbar.
5. Move the traveler car to the side, a few
centimeters away from the red traveler stop,
and replace the knot from step 1 towards the
cleat on the traveler, making sure the car is not
able to hit the (security) end stop.

5.7 Raising the mainsail

1. Roll the mainsail from bottom to top.
2. Attach the mainhalyard ring to the sail.
The knot must be on the mast side. It can
happen that the system works better with
the knot on the other side.
3. Guide the mainsail into the slot of the mast.
4. Hoist the mainsail with the mainhalyard.
5. Hoist the mainsail until you reach the masthook.
6. Gently pull down to hook the mainhalyard ring
into the masthook.
7. Silde the bottom part of the luff downwards into
the masttrack.
8. Insert the diagonal DS batten inside it's pocket
and tension it as described in 5.5 Battens.
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