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  • Page 1 Rigging Manual V2...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents 1 - Introduction ..................2 - Specification ..................3 - Components ................... 3.1 Customer pack ..................3 3.2 Rope pack .................... 4 4 - Preperation ..................... 5 - Hull ......................5.1 Toe straps ................... 7 5.2 Elastic Ties ................... 9 6 - Mast ......................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    For further information, spares, and accessories, please contact: RS Sailing Premier Way Abbey Park Romsey Hampshire SO51 9DQ Tel: +44 (0)1794 526760 Email: info@RSsailing.com For details of your local RS Dealer, please visit www.RSsailing.com © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 4: Specification

    E glass reinforcement Rudder Mainsail area - Main and Jib 11.52m Gennaker area 8.29m Mast Aluminium alloy - 6m Shrouds and froestay Stainless steel wire Boom Aluminium alloy Bowsprit Aluminium alloy © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 5: Components

    Spinnaker Sheet Blocks Jib Sheet Mainsheet Block Spinnaker Sheet Jib Tack Shackle Water Bottles Kicker Control Line Downhaul Control Line Small 4mm Bobbles Toe Strap Shock Cord Mainsheet Strop Kicker Pack Downhaul Pack © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 6: Rope Pack

    3.2 - Components - Rope Pack © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 7: Preperation

    To simplify the commissioning process, please take care when unpacking the items from the boat as cross contamination of pack contents can cause confusion. A calm and orderly environment will assist the process. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 8: Hull

    Rigging Guide 5 - Hull PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 9: Toestraps

    Attach the front end of the toestraps to the boat. Attach the aft end of the front toestraps to the boat. Locate the two long middle toestraps. Attach the front end of the toestraps to the boat. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 10 Attach the aft end of the middle toestraps to the boat. Locate the aft toestraps. Attach the front end of the aft toestraps to the boat. Attach the aft end of the toestrap to the fitting just forward of the rear hatch. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 11: Elastic Ties

    Using the elastic ties, attach the front end of the middle toestraps through the fitting behind the vang control line cleat and attach to the aft end of the front toestraps on either side of the boat. Knot #5 © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 12 Knot #4 Knot #6 Locate the spinnaker halyard floating block elastic and tie it between the cross fittings on either wall of the cockpit, passing through this block. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 13: Mast

    To complete this section you will need: • The mast and rigging packs • A flat-bladed screw driver • PVC electrical tape • 8mm spanner (or small adjustable) PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 14: Fitting The Spreaders

    The length of the spreaders can be adjusted by selecting which hole you put the clevis pin through. Set the length of the spreaders so that the distance from the end of the spreader to the wall of the mast is 390mm. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 15: Fitting The Shrouds

    Extreme settings, especially a reduction in the distance from the shrouds to the back of the mast, may lead to mast failure in strong winds © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 16 Insert the shrouds into the 3mm recess behind the spreader end cap. Tighten the spreader end cap so it clamps firmly down on the shroud. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 17: Preparing The Mast

    More importantly it does not require a lot of winding or coiling which helps to keep the halyard twist and kink free when sailing. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 18: Stepping The Mast

    Be careful to keep forward of the launching trolley wheels when in the boat. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 19 It is desirable that the forestay has some considerable slack in it once the jib is hoisted and tensioned. The windward performance of you RS200 may be adversely affected if the forestay becomes tight whilst sailing! © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 20 TIP: The RS 200 mast is fairly light, most people will have little difficulty simply lifting the mast into place in the mast step as described. If however you are short handed, it is possible to step the mast with the shrouds already attached.

  • Page 21: Boom

    Rigging Guide 7 - Boom PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 22: Fitting The Boom

    After sailing your RS200 in a variety of conditions, and you are satisfied these positions are correct, a small hole drilled in the underside of the boom track where the slider screw locates will ensure these fittings do not slip under load. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 23 Pass the end of the mainsheet around the block at the end of the boom. Pass the end on the mainsheet forwards along the boom, throught the boom sleeve and around the block in the middle of the boom. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 24 Ensure the block stays in the middle of the boat. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 25: Gybing Rope

    Use a 4mm allen key to do this. Cascade cowhitch needs to be on top with blocks below Locate the vang cascade in the rigging pack. Remove the shackle from the block. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 26 420mm from the inboard end of the boom. Tie the control line double block to the metal ring on the mast step as shown with a reef knot. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 27 Pass the end up through the double block on the vang cascade as shown. Pass the end back down to the mast step and the block as shown. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 28 Pass both ends down and throught the inside side of the two double blocks on the organiser at the forward end of the cockpit floor. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 29: Vang Control Lines - Port

    Pass the line through the block on the rail at the side of the cockpit, then down through the hole in the thwart towards the centre of the boat. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 30: Vang Control Lines - Starboard

    Pass the end through the cleat as shown. Pass the line through the block on the rail at the side of the cockpit, then down through the hole in the thwart towards the centre of the boat. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 31: Vang Control Lines

    Lash the two ends of the control line together under the thwart using the tie. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 32: Downhaul Control Lines

    Take the port control line aft and pass it through the double block on the organiser on the cockpit floor as shown. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 33 Take the starboard control line aft and pass it through the double block on the organiser on the cockpit floor as shown. Pass the end through the outboard cleat as shown. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 34 Lash the two ends of the control line together under the thwart using the tie. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 35: Jib

    Rigging Guide 8 - Jib PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 36: Preparing The Jib

    Shackle the tack of the jib to tack plate just behind the forestay ensuring the eye in the luff wire and the sail lashing are correctly aligned fore and aft without any twists. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 37: Hoisting The Jib

    Shackle the jib halyard to the head of the jib, ensuring the jib or halyard are not twisted. Hoist the sail by pulling on the jib halyard tail, which exits from a slot just beneath the gooseneck. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 38 Adjust the lashing at the tack so that the tension is just sufficient to remove the wrinkles in the sail cloth (it may be necessary to redo these adjustments after one or two sails as the jib and luff wire settle down). © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 39 If conditions permit cleat the jib to save it flapping and remember never to leave any sails especially the jib and spinnaker flapping unnecessarily as this considerably shortens the life of the sail. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 40: Mainsail

    Rigging Guide 9 - Mainsail PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 41: Preparing The Mainsail

    Refer to these dimensions for correct placement before sticking the numbers to the sail. There may already be faint lines on the sail to show you where the numbers go. Batten 150mm 80mm 60mm 60mm 60mm © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 42: Sail Care

    Dacron or Mylar. The sail should be returned to a sail maker for a professional repair. Check for wear and tear, especially around the batten pockets, on a regular basis. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 43: Hoisting The Mainsail

    Do not force the sail into the feeder, if it catches ease the sail down a little and then start again using the technique described above. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 44: Downhaul

    Locate the downhaul tail line. Pass the free end of the line through the higher of the two cringles on the tack of the mainsail, then tie it to the gooseneck as shown. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 45: Outhaul

    You can then pull on some outhaul tension and cleat the tail. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 46: Spinnaker

    Rigging Guide 10 - Spinnaker PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 47: Spinnaker

    Pass it around the single block attached to the pole launch line, situated toward the front of the tube. Pass it back through the spinlock at the inboard end of the sprit tube. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 48 Pass the rope through the ring on the first downhaul patch and then tie it to the second downhaul patch on the spinnaker. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 49 10.1 - Spinnaker Attach the halyard to the head of the spinnaker as shown. Attach the tack line as shown. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 50 Note: Sheets run over the top of the pole and downhaul rope. © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 51: Completion

    Rigging Guide 11 - Completion PLEASE FOLLOW RIGGING GUIDE IN CORRECT ORDER © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 52 To remove the rudder, simply push the button on the locking gudgeon and pull up the stock. Rudder blade can rotate fully. Now you are ready to go sailing in your RS200! © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 53: Knots

    12 - Knots Knot #1 Knot #2 Knot #3 Knot #4 Knot #5 Knot #6 Knot #1 - Knot on knot Knot #2 - Bowline © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 54 12 - Knots Knot #3 - Figure of eight Knot #4 - Overhand knot Knot #5 - Double sheet bend Knot #6 - Cow hitch © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

  • Page 55: Glossary

    A useful and reliable knot, with a loop in it Bow Snubber The part of the trolley that the bow rests on Builder’s Plate Plate that contains build information Bung A stopper for the drain hole © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 56 Downhaul Applies downwards tension to a sail Downwind To sail in the direction that the wind is blowing Drain Hole A hole in the hull from which trapped water can be drained © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 57 To change tack by turning the stern of the boat through the wind. Halyard The rope used to hoist sails Halyard Bag Bag attached to the hull, in which the halyards can be stowed Head The top corner of a sail © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 58 The rope system that is attached to the base of the mast and the boom, helping to hold the boom down Knot A measurement of speed, based on one minute of latitude Launching To leave the slipway © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 59 The spar that the sails are hoisted up Mast Foot The bottom of the mast Mast Gate Fitting which closes across the front of the mast at deck level, holding the mast in place © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 60 A floating jetty to moor your boat to Port The left-hand side of the boat, when facing forwards RS Dealer A third-party who sells the RS range Reach Sailing with the wind on the side of the boat © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 61 Side Safety Line The line that runs along the side of the hull Single Handed To sail a boat alone Single-Line Reefing System An efficient method of reefing with one line © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 62 Keeping the boat level fore and aft Trimaran A boat with three hulls Trolley A wheeled structure, used to move the boat around on land Trolley Supports The part of the trolley in direct contact with the hull © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...
  • Page 63 To sail against the direction in which the wind is blowing Wetsuit Neoprene sailing suit designed to keep you warm when wet Windward The part of the boat closest to the direction in which the wind is blowing © All Images are Copyright of RS Sailing...

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