Part 1. Assembly; Tools Needed For Assembly; Glossary - Nacra F20 Carbon Assembly & Rigging Manual

Part 1. Assembly

This part of the manual is only for people who get their boat 'out of the box'
and have to assemble their boat completely. If your boat is already
assembled by your dealer, you can continue with Part 2. Rigging.

1.1. Tools needed for Assembly

You will need:
 Sharp knife
 Needle nose pliers
 Phillips screw driver
 Regular screw driver
 Tape measurer
 Pop rivet tool

17 mm ring spanner
 Torque wrench (5/16 hex key and 9/16 spanner)
 Loose gauge
 5 mm metal drill
 Tape to secure rings

1.2. Glossary

Used Terms
Bow: Front of the boat
Batten: Thin strip in the sail
Bridle wire: Wire that connects the bow and forestay
Boom: Spar at the foot of the sail
Cleat: Fitting used for cleating ropes and halyards
Clew: The lower and most aft corner of the sail
Crossbar: Bar that connects the rudders
Dolphinstriker: Load bearing bar under the front beam
Downhaul/Cunningham): Rope to tighten and stretch the luff of the sail.
Foot: Bottom edge of the sail
Forestay: Wire supporting the mast in aft direction. Located in front of the
boat.
Goose neck: A fitting used to connect the boom to the mast
Halyard: Rope used to raise or lower sails
Head: The top of the sail
Hound: Point where the sails are connected to the mast
Jib: Front sail
Jib sheet: Control rope for the jib
Leech: Trailing edge of the sail
Luff: Leading edge of the sail
Mainsail: Big sail at back of the boat
Main sheet: Control rope for the mainsail
Mast rake: Angle of the mast to the boat
Shackle: U-shaped metal strip with a pin to secure wires
Shrouds: Wire supporting the mast in lateral direction
Spinnaker: Big sail hoisted at the front of the boat when sailing downwind
Spinnaker pole: The pole in between the hulls to fly the spinnaker
Spreaders: Metal bars placed in pairs to control the bend in the mast
Staymaster: Adjustable schroud connector to control the schroud tension
Stern: Back of the boat
Tack: Forward lower corner of the sail
Tiller: Telescopic rod connected to crossbar to steer the boat
Traveller: Track on the backbeam to connect the mainsheet
Trapeze: Wire meant for hanging on the side of the boat while sailing
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