Complete Vang
1. Locate the vang line from the delivery kit line bag. Retrieve
the two vang blocks and vang key from the delivery kit.
1. Attach the vang key to the micro block with
becket with the provided pin and ring
(Figure 51).
2. Take the vang secondary line and lead it
through the cleat and fairlead of the lower vang
block/cleat assembly. Continue the line around
the internal block and out by the external
sheave. Pull several feet of line through the
cleat and fairlead in order to assemble the
purchase system (Figure 52).
3. Lead the line clockwise through the small
double block with becket. Making sure to go
around the block that does not contain the
becket (Figure 53).
4. Continue the line down through the lower
block on the vang block/cleat assembly and
back up and around the small double block with
becket.
5. Lead the line through the upper block of the
lower vang block/cleat assembly and complete
the purchase by tying the tail end of the line to
the becket of the small double block with a
stopper knot followed by a half hitch
(Figure 54).
6. Attach the lower vang block/cleat assembly
to the mast tang with the provided pin and ring.
Rigging the Vang: Laser Standard Models
2. Take the smaller of the two vang blocks and remove the pin
and ring. Insert the vang key and secure with the pin and ring
(Figure 42). Hook the key into the vang slot on the underside of
the boom (Figure 43).
3. Use the provided pin and ring to attach the larger of the two
vang blocks to the vang tang, located below the gooseneck on
the mast (Figure 44). Make sure that the cleat is on the bottom
side of the block.
4. Take one end of the vang line and tie a bowline to the becket
on the small vang block on the boom (Figure 45).
5. Lead the line to the forward vang block and through the upper
sheave of the large vang block on the mast (Figure 46).
7. Lead the line around the inner block and down through the
teeth of the cleat located on the underside of the block (Figure
48). Tie off the free end of the line with a bowline (Figure 49).
6. Lead the line back up and around the small vang block on the
boom and back down to the large mast vang block (Figure 47).
Rigging the Vang: Laser Pro Models
Becket
Vang Tang
Upper Sheave
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From the delivery kit locate: (Figure 50)
1. Lower vang block/cleat assembly
2. Small double block with becket
3. Single block with becket
4. Vang key
5. Vang primary line
6. Vang secondary line
Figure 50
Figure 47
Figure 48
Figure 46
Figure 44
Figure 45
Figure 42
Figure 43
Figure 49
Figure 51
7. Take the primary vang line and tie a bowline
to the becket of the single block with key
(Figure 55).
8. Lead the line down to the sheave of the vang
block/cleat assembly (Figure 56) and then back
up through the single block with becket.
9. Tie a bowline to the top of small double
block with becket (Figure 57).
10. Attach the vang key to the boom, making
sure that the key is curved towards the mast
(Figure 58).
Cleat
Internal Block
Upper Block
Lower Block
Tie off to
Becket
Figure 54
Fairlead
Figure 52
Figure 53
Attach
to mast
Figure 56
Figure 57
Figure 58
Figure 55
Complete Vang
Vang Key
Vang Key
Small Vang Block
Large Vang Block
Cleat
External Sheave
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