O Peration - BENETEAU Boat User Manual

13.16.3.
MAINSAIL INSTALLATION
1. The main should be installed in as little wind as possible.
2. Be sure the furling drum line is completely wound with line before installing the mainsail.
(Wind the drum by hand to wrap more line onto the drum.)
3. Lower the main swivel hoist car to the gooseneck with the main halyard.
4. Attach the mainsail headboard to the shackle on the bottom of the swivel car.
5. Hoist the mainsail slowly, feeding the luff tape into the extrusion luff groove.
6. Attach the mainsail tack to the lower swivel shackle and tension the luff with a winch.
7. Run the out haul line thru the block on the clew of the main and back to the out haul car.
8. The main is now ready to be furled.
9. When sail is out, there should be no less than 2 wraps and no more than 4 wraps.
13.16.4
FURLING MAST OPERATION
1. Two lines control the mainsail furling operation: The furling line controls the rotation of
the furling tubes and the out haul line controls the tension on the sail.
NOTE: IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THE FURLING LINE
2.
CONTROLS THE SAIL AREA AND THE OUT HAUL LINE CONTROLS
THE SAIL SHAPE!
3. Always furl and unfurl the main with the boat head up to wind.
4. The main is unfurled by easing out the furling line while taking up on the mainsail out-
haul.
5. The main is furled by taking in on the main inhaul line, it is important to feed the out haul
line as you furl the main.
NOTE: NEVER TAKE IN ONE LINE WITHOUT KEEPING A LITTLE
6.
TENSION ON THE OPPOSITE LINE!
7. The main may be reefed by turning the boat into the wind and furling the main up to the
marked reef points on the sail.
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