Raising the Jib
1.Attach the shackle on the end of the jib halyard wire to the head of the jib.
2.Wrap the luff pocket of the jib around the forestay and engage the zipper an inch or so. Next thread the jib halyard line inside the luff pocket. See Figure 38.
Figure 38
3.Raise the sail by pulling on the jib halyard line and at the same time advance the zipper down the luff until the jib tack is even with the roller furling housing.
4.Attach the jib tack to the shackle on the neck of the roller furling housing. .
5.Untie the jib halyard line and connect the luff tensioner to the block on the end of the jib halyard. Thread the tensioner down through the tack shackle, then back up through the block on the jib halyard. Secure the line in the jam cleat on the sail. See Figure
6.IMPORTANT. Only apply the jib luff tension after the shrouds and forestay have been tightened. To do so beforehand could result in the jib halyard being broken when the slack in the shrouds is taken up.
7.Attach the jib clew blocks to the jib clew, see Figure
8.Thread the jib sheet through the port jib block, then around the jib clew block. Take the line back and tie it off at the becket on the jib block. See Figure 41.
Figure 39
9.Thread the remaining portion of the jib sheet through the starboard jib block in this same fashion.
10.The roller furler line can be temporarily secured in the jam cleat on the back side of the front cross bar.
Roller furler line adjustment on |
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take up spool. |
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a. Disconnect jib clew blocks |
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from jib clew. |
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b. Pullout the roller furler line |
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from the housing until the take |
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up spool is empty and secure the |
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line to the cleat on the front bar. |
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c. Wrap the sail clockwise |
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around the forestay until it is |
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completely furled. |
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d. Reattach the jib clew blocks to |
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the jib clew. The jib is now in the |
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furled position. |
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To unfurl the jib, release the |
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roller furler line which is cleated |
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on the front bar, and pull on the |
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jib sheet. |
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To furl the jib, release the jib sheet (both port and starboard) pull the furler line until the jib is completely furled. Do not partially furl the sail, this will cause uneven stretching of the exposed sail.
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