SKUD 18
Owners’ Guide
26
The halyard is led back to the turning block mounted on the aft cockpit bulkhead near
the floor and from there into the gennaker sock. Use the mouse line to haul the
gennaker halyard forward through the sock until it exits at the bow.
Reeve the continuous gennaker sheet through the gunwale turning block on the port
side, forward to the ratchet block (checking the direction of travel for the ratchet to
operate correctly), across the cockpit and through the starboard ratchet block, then aft
through the gunwale turning block. Lead the sheet forward to the bow, passing around
the forestay above the gennaker pole and bring aft to meet the other end of the sheet
near the port chainplate. The gennaker is most commonly setup for a port hoist.
Taking the hoist end of the halyard and ensuring it runs clear from the hoist block to the
port bow, tie a bowline on to the head of the gennaker. Attach the tack of the gennaker
to the tack line using a bowline positioned as close as possible to the stopper knot.