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5. Place a cleat in a convenient place out of the way of other
sail handling equipment. When furled, you will have a lot of
line that needs to be kept clear of other gear.
6. The system is designed for 5/32" or 3/16" dacron line.
Make sure you have enough to completely furl your largest
sail plus about five extra turns. This will allow you to furl an
extra tight furl in heavy winds and still have a couple of
turns left. Before hoisting the sail for the first time, wind
about twenty turns on the spool. Turns can be added or
subtracted as necessary after setting the sail.
HOISTING THE JIB
1. Attach the halyard to head of the jib.
Pull decored end of
halyard down to hoist
sail.
2. Pull up the sail by pulling down on the messenger line
attached to the decored end of the halyard while feeding
the luff tape into the sail feed slot. If raising and lowering
the sail frequently, a pre-feeder should be added.
3. When the sail is fully hoisted, remove the messenger line
and make the end of the decored end fast to the halyard
anchor pin and shackle.
4. Tension the luff of the sail with the 1/8" tack tension line,
passing two or three parts through the downhaul shackle
on furling drum flange and grommet on sail, and finish off
with some half hitches.
Tie decored end of halyard
to halyard shackle
(11)
Tension at the bottom of the
sail using tack tension
line. Lace it 3 or 4 times.
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