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Sail
Controls
Boom
Insert the gooseneck pin into the forward end of the boom and walk
aft, exerting forward pressure to keep it in place. Clew Tiedown:
Wrap the clew tiedown line twice around the boom and the clew
grommet (inside the outhaul), and secure it with a square knot. It
should hold the clew tight against the boom but still allow it to slide
forward and aft with outhaul adjustment.
Rig the Cunningham
Shackle one double block to the boom vang tang replacing the pin
that is currently used for the vang cleat block or vang swivel. This pin
will go through the shackle and the vang.
Tie one end of the Spectra line to the becket of that block.
Feed the other end through the tack cringle and tie it to the bail of
the other double block.
Tie the pre-stretched line to the becket of the upper double block
and lead the rope through the double blocks.
Finally lead the end of the line down through one of the blocks on
the block base and then through the cleat on the same side. Tie a
stopper knot.
Rig the Outhaul
Tie the Spectra line to one single block.
Feed the other end of the Spectra line through the outhaul fairlead,
through the cringle in the clew of the sail and tie it to the outhaul
fairlead using a small bowline to keep the knot as close to the fair-
lead as possible.
Lead one end of the pre-stretched line through the bail of the other
single block. Loop the tail around the mast above the gooseneck and
tie a tight bowline capturing the block.
Lead the tail of this pre-stretched line back through the aft single
block, forward to the block tied to the mast, down through the block
base and through the cleat. Tie a stopper knot.
Mast retaining line
The Laser class rules state “To secure the mast in the event of a cap-
size, a loose retention line (that will allow 1800 of rotation) shall be
tied between the block base and the vang tang or gooseneck.” We
have included a piece of line for this purpose.
Mast tie in
Cunningham on Vang
Outhaul at clew
Outhaul at gooseneck
