8.Now you are ready to trim the up/down control. With the rudder in the down position, loosed the forward most screw to free up the down control line. By pulling on this line, you will stretch the Bungee cord in the hull (you may need to pull a little on the down control line exposed on the deck to help you stretch the Bungee). What you want to do is pull some more of the line and wrap it around the Phillips head screw and tighten it down. This stretch that you are getting will give you down tension on the rudder.
9.At this point you want to try the up down handle to see how the up down control works. You may need to adjust the lines further to get them adjusted just way you want them. If you need to get more up control, follow the same adjustment procedure with the up control line. If it is difficult for the rudder to disengage and go up, try to loosen up the bolt that connects the two halves of the rudder together.
Steering Control Lines
1.The two lines that exit the sides of the boat are for the steering. Before running the lines to the rud- der, place the steering handle in the close to center position. On the Mirage Adventure, keep the steer- ing handle turned slightly to the right.
2.Run the right steering line up to the right
side of the rudder. Pass the line through the hole and pull the slack out of the (make sure that you don’t pull too hard and move the steering handle). Wrap the line around the Phillips head screw and tighten down to hold the line.
3.The left side steering line will be insert- ed into the hole at the bottom of the bolt that connect the two halves of the rudder. Continue to the pass the line up through the bolt and pull the line taught. Wrap the end around the Phillips head screw and tighten down.
4.Go ahead and try the left and right steering. If you notice that the rudder is turning more or less to one direction, you may need to adjust the steering lines a little bit to get the steering balanced.
