1. Place the boat bow into wind either on trolley or protective mat. Make sure the painter is attached to the beach trolley.
2. Install the mast into hole in deck with the gooseneck facing aft; making sure ropes for boom vang or kicker and the main halyard are not tangled around mast.
3. Remove gooseneck bolt (either un-screw or remove R clip) and fit the boom to gooseneck with the bolt or pin. Remember that the pulleys on the boom hang down!
4. Remove main sail from bag and insert the bullet shaped toggle (if fitted) of the clew into wide slot of the boom track near the gooseneck.
5. Continue feeding the bolt rope on the foot of the sail into the front part of the boom track while someone pulls the clew along the boom towards the outhaul.
6. Connect the outhaul shackle to the clew. Make sure the outhaul pulley, at the front of the boom, has no tension on it.
7. Pull the tack of the main sail back towards the gooseneck and fit the knot in the small rope from the gooseneck through the tack eyelet and back to the small stainless steel cleat. The front of the tack eyelet should line up with the opening of the track.
8. Make sure the top batten is tensioned correctly before raising the sail. The correct tension is that there is no excessive bend in the batten, but it is tight enough to remove the wrinkles from batten pocket along the sail.
9. Undo the halyard from the hook attached to the bungy at the base of the mast. (Make sure the halyard is not twisted up the mast.)
10. Fit the shackle to the head-board of the sail. (Leave both ends of the halyard connected to the shackle – this is a continuous loop).
11. Insert the bolt rope on the head-board into the mast track opening and have someone help pull the halyard as the sail bolt rope is fed into the mast track. (NOTE: DO NOT leave the plastic hook connected to the halyard while you do this – rope friction will eventually cut the hook off).
12. Continue to pull the sail up the mast and engage the stopper knot into the halyard lock at the top front side of the mast. Pull down on the sail to make sure the knot is engaged.
13. Refit the hook on the bungy to the halyard rope loop to hold it tight against the mast.
14. Fit the downhaul/Cunningham pulley to the eyelet on the sail by the mast track; if necessary.
15. Make sure the Cunningham rope has a stopper knot and thread the rope through outer cleat on one side of the boat to the outer pulley on the deck by the mast, up to the Cunningham pulley, down to the other outer pulley on the other side of the boat and finally through the outer cleat. Make a stopper knot at the end and engage the rope into the teeth of both of the cleats so that the same amount is free on both sides. NOTE: Do not tension at this stage.
16. Make sure the outhaul rope has a stopper knot and thread the outhaul rope through inner cleat on one side of the boat to the inner pulley by the mast on the deck, up to the Outhaul pulley under the boom, down to the inner pulley on the other side of the boat and finally through the inner cleat. Make a stopper knot at the end and engage the rope into the teeth of both of the cleats so that the same amount is free on both sides. NOTE: Do not tension at this stage.
17. Connect the boom vang (kicker) to the keyhole fitting on the boom. Make sure there are no twists in the ropes of the kicker when tensioned. Fit the hook on the bungy to the rope loop to stop the fitting jumping out.
18. Tie the mainsheet to the becket (metal loop) on the pulley attached to the end of the boom (below the outhaul) using a small bowline (about a hand width loop size max).
19. Thread the mainsheet through the pulley on the traveller rope on the deck from the front (bow) to the back. (Some boats have a swivel so this is not so important.). Now thread the mainsheet back to the pulley on the end of the boom, forward through the metal saddle on the boom to the pulley about half way along the boom.
20. Thread the mainsheet down through the ratchet pulley on the deck, making sure the ratchet clicks as you pull the rope through. (If it doesn’t click, make sure the rope is threaded the right way or the ratchet may be turned off.)
21. Make sure the mainsheet is clear of the hiking straps and centreboard bungy. Then put a stopper knot in the end of the mainsheet.
1. Fit the rudder and check the retainer ‘clicks’ by gently pulling up on the rudder.
2. Check the bung is in and screwed shut. Check the inspection covers are all fitted and closed.
3. Fit the Tiller and extension under the traveller rope. Push the lock pin fully down.
4. Raise the rudder and tension the screw to hold the rudder in the UP position.
5. Lay the rudder pull-down rope alongside the tiller, but do not attach it to the cleat on the tiller.
6. Check the Venturi Bailer in the rear of the cockpit is closed. Lift the ring up, then rotate it forward and down to close the venturi.
7. Lay the centreboard in the cockpit.
8. Ensure the painter is tied to the front of the beach trolley before moving the boat to the ramp.
9. Pull the mainsheet out from the cockpit pulley to ensure it is free and will not catch on anything, like under the rudder.
10. Launch the boat remembering to keep the bow into the wind as much as possible.
11. Once off the beach trolley, loop up the painter and tuck it behind the main halyard bungy.
12. Loosen the rudder screw slightly to allow the rudder to swing down under its own weight. (WARNING: Don’t make it too loose or you will lose the wing nut – very expensive!)
13. Fit the centreboard and put the centreboard bungy over the centreboard with the plastic sleeve around the front.
· Once the water is deep enough, pull on the rudder pull-down rope until the rudder is fully down (you may have to push it down) and cleat the cord either around the cleat a couple times or into the teeth depending on the type of cleat fitted. (NOTE: Do not do this in shallow water or you will break the rudder fittings!)
· To raise the centreboard, just pull up on the handle, the bungy will jump down by itself (normally with a loud ‘clack’).
· Open the venturi bailer when there is water in the cockpit. You can leave it open all the time while moving and close it when you stop for a drink or chat.
· To open the venturi, lift the lever forward and up, then push down on the back part to lower the venturi into the water.
· To close the venturi, lift the lever up and pull upwards, then swing the lever forwards and down. It will lever the venturi shut.
· Adjust the outhaul and Cunningham for the wind conditions. (e.g. Fast sail – high winds)
· When nearing the shore, release the rudder pull-down rope from the cleat. The rudder will then kick up if it touches the bottom.
· Raise the centreboard and/or remove it depending on the wind direction and depth of water.
· To lower the sail, undo the Cunningham, outhaul and kicker. Release the halyard bungy and pull on the halyard towards the bow until the halyard releases from the halyard lock. Pull down the sail at the gooseneck. Once the sail is down, reconnect the halyard bungy to stop it flying around.
· Raise the rudder blade fully and tighten the rudder tension screw to stop the rudder blade dropping back down.
· Put the boat on the trolley and haul up the ramp.
· Wash the boat and sails down the de-rig the boat in the opposite order to rigging.
· Once the sail is dry enough, roll it by folding the head of the sail over the first batten and rolling towards the foot of the sail. Put the sail into the numbered sail bag.