UMCorps
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I'm fairly sure most of the difficulties are related to the lazyjacks.
There are two cleats on either side of the boom, mounted slightly above its centreline. If its the same as the PB, at least one of them will have a bullseye fairlead fixed at a 45% angle somewhere behind it. These are the cleats for the lazyjacks. (The ones below the centre of the boom are for the slab reefing)
On the PB, I secure the starboard side lazy jack first because there is no bullseye fairlead on that side.
On the port side, I thread the lazy jack line through the bullseye fairlead and take it up to a small block held on the line by a small loop. I then take that down to the cleat, put it round half a turn and then haul up until the boom is at a good height.
The first time I do it I sometimes need to juggle around a bit to get the distribution of the line roughly equal between the two cleats but, once that's done the line stays on the starboard cleat for the rest of the season and I just use the port side to raise and drop the boom as needed.
I don't bother with lacing the luff. Martin at Character Boats was of the view that it was purely cosmetic on these boats. As long as you've got the downhaul properly tight its fine. And with the luff free its a lot easier to get the sail down in a hurry.
And, yes, that jib needs to be tightened up until the forestay is just beginning to slacken.
If I can, I'll get to my boat tomorrow and take a few shots of the rig. But I might have to wait a bit for the weather to settle. Its a bit too lumpy out there for my little tender today.
There are two cleats on either side of the boom, mounted slightly above its centreline. If its the same as the PB, at least one of them will have a bullseye fairlead fixed at a 45% angle somewhere behind it. These are the cleats for the lazyjacks. (The ones below the centre of the boom are for the slab reefing)
On the PB, I secure the starboard side lazy jack first because there is no bullseye fairlead on that side.
On the port side, I thread the lazy jack line through the bullseye fairlead and take it up to a small block held on the line by a small loop. I then take that down to the cleat, put it round half a turn and then haul up until the boom is at a good height.
The first time I do it I sometimes need to juggle around a bit to get the distribution of the line roughly equal between the two cleats but, once that's done the line stays on the starboard cleat for the rest of the season and I just use the port side to raise and drop the boom as needed.
I don't bother with lacing the luff. Martin at Character Boats was of the view that it was purely cosmetic on these boats. As long as you've got the downhaul properly tight its fine. And with the luff free its a lot easier to get the sail down in a hurry.
And, yes, that jib needs to be tightened up until the forestay is just beginning to slacken.
If I can, I'll get to my boat tomorrow and take a few shots of the rig. But I might have to wait a bit for the weather to settle. Its a bit too lumpy out there for my little tender today.
