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Bennett Musto Performance Skiff Rigging Manual

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Musto Performance Skiff Rigging Guide
This rigging guide is to be used in conjunction with the CE Owners Manual available at
http://www.mustoskiff.com
Please take your time to rig your boat up prior to your first sail. You will, no doubt, be in a hurry to get out on the water and
enjoy some serious skiff sailing but a few extra minutes spent checking your boat is correctly rigged will make sure you have
an enjoyable sail and may prevent you damaging your kit.
You can rig the boat in a different order from than that described here but we know this method works.
Below; shows the starting point, you should have one of everything in this picture.
1. The boat comes supplied with everything you need to go
2. You have to start somewhere so lets start by attaching the
sailing, if you are missing an item please call your dealer
Harken Carbo Ratchamatics on. One each side. They are not
handed so you don't need to worry about which way round
they go.
Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4)
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  • Page 1 Harken Carbo Ratchamatics on. One each side. They are not handed so you don’t need to worry about which way round they go. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 1 of 19...

  • Page 2: Rigging The Boom

    Finish the process by putting a figure of eight knot on the ti-lite. the tail leaving the block “snug” to the boom. 7. Repeat the process for the second block. 8. Bolt the double kicker bar to the boom fitting Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 2 of 19...
  • Page 3 9. Make sure you don’t over tighten this as it will need to move up and down as the kicker is adjusted. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 3 of 19...

  • Page 4: Stepping The Mast

    14. With the wings fitted ensure that the line for the downhaul (pink in this picture) is on top of the wing bar. Stepping the Mast Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 4 of 19...
  • Page 5 (not supplied) to the upper eye (arrowed the lower shrouds to the plate on the mast. Do both sides red) and the mast will now be self supported. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 5 of 19...
  • Page 6 Please don’t over tension the rigging; call Ovington Boats if unsure on required rig tension. 22a. Now tape or cover the chainplate AND the upper eye that the rig tensioning device was attached to to prevent the spinnaker snagging Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 6 of 19...
  • Page 7 24. Take the loop and pull it through the ring block. to the elastic that is available on the wing bar. 25. Take the loop around the trapeze ring 26. Pull it tight and that’s done. Repeat the other side. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 7 of 19...
  • Page 8 32. Rig the mainsheet starting with a bowline on the block the approximate position that you would expect when sailing attached to the mainsheet bridal. Then thread it through the front block on the boom. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 8 of 19...
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  • Page 10 39. Then take the rope through the block on the end of the 40. Then tie the end of the rope to the eye on the mast. kicker bar and back towards the mast. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 10 of 19...

  • Page 11: Rigging The Spinnaker

    45. Through the “take up” block at the back of the boat and 46. Use the tiller extension to thread the halyard through the through the block at the back of the chute. chute. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 11 of 19...
  • Page 12 51. Then attach the kite sheets to the clew. Find the middle 52. Then post the end of the sheets through to make a “larks of the sheets and push the loop through foot” on the clew. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 12 of 19...
  • Page 13 57. Un-tie the downhaul from the forestay eye (remember 58. Tie the downhaul to the upper patch on the kite. step 49) thread it through the ring on the kite. Make sure you are under the kite sheets Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 13 of 19...
  • Page 14 AS IT IS NOT TOO WINDY. there when you are sailing . 61. Have a quick look up to make sure the halyard is not 62. Your cockpit should now look like this … twisted. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 14 of 19...
  • Page 15 67. Don’t forget to put the bung in!!!! 68. Tape everything up, if it looks like it may snag you or anything else tape it up. If it’s your first sail follow the rule “if Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 15 of 19...

  • Page 16: Hoist The Mainsail

    Velcro. main. 74. Post the clew strap over the end of the boom. 75. Take the outhaul through the clew cringle Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 16 of 19...
  • Page 17 Make sure the boat is head to wind and if it’s windy get some help otherwise the boat can get blown off the trolley. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 17 of 19...
  • Page 18 84. Zip the sleeve up 85. All the way to the bottom 86. Buckle up the two straps. 87. Place the daggerboard in the boat 88. You are ready to go …. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 18 of 19...
  • Page 19 89. The cockpit should look like this 90. Just add water. Musto Performance Skiff – Rigging Guide (v0.4) 19 of 19...