Authentic Models ASA104 User manual

To begin: Place the ship in the stand. Carefully
unroll and separate the sails.
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Aft (Stern)
Main Maststep
Main Mast Shrouds Mizzen
Mast Shrouds
Fore Maststep
End of
Bowsprit
Fore (Bow)
Bowsprit
Shrouds
Bow Shroud
Lines
Bow Line
Port
Starboard
Bowsprit
Set the bowsprit: Slide the bowsprit through the
opening at the front end of the ship until it stops
at the anchor. Hold the bowsprit in place by
connecting the bowline from under the bow to the
eye on the under side of the tip of the bowsprit.
Hook the bowsprit shroud lines to the eyes on the
port and starboard sides of the hull.

Fore Mast: Place the fore mast (shorter of the
two) in the maststep in the fore deck. Connect
the shorter shrouds to the to the front fore mast
shroud eyes on the deck. The longer shrouds pass
through the guide eyelets at the end of the spreader
then down to the aft eyes in the fore mast shroud
eye set.
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Ambachtsweg 37
NL-3899 AM
Zeewolde
United States
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888 Garfield
P.O. Box 21710
Eugene, OR 97402
Jib Sail:
1. Hook Jib Sail block to second eye on fore mast
2. Hook Jib Sail and forestay line to end of bowsprit
3. Connect forestay to top eye on fore mast
4.ConnectJibSailrunninglinestomainsailshroud
eyes.
1. Hook Jib Sail
block to 2nd eye
3. Forestay line to
top eye
4. Attach Jib Sail
running lines to
Main Mast
shroud eyes
2. Hook Jib Sail and
Forestay line to end of
bowsprit
Shroud
Lines
Forestay

Set the Main Mast: Place the tallest mast in the
maststep in the middle of the ship. Connect the
stay between the mast poles. Attach the main mast
shroud lines in the same manner as the fore mast
shrouds.
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888 Garfield
P.O. Box 21710
Eugene, OR 97402
Connect the shroud lines to the appropriate
eyehooks on the deck.
Main Mast
Shrouds
Stay between
Masts Attach and Hoist the Main Sail:
1. Connect the hook on the end of the boom to
the eye on the hardware encircling the bottom of
the mast.
2. Place the "Y" shaped end of the main sail spar
around the lower end of the spreader and close the
hook on the wire gate (with the wood beads).
Boom

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3. Connect the block for hoisting the sail to the
eye on the brass band above the spreader of the
main mast.
Attach the hook on the end of the line to the
eyehook on the port side of the maststep.
Connect Block
Connect Line

4. Connect hooks from the two blocks to the first
and second eyes on the aft side of the mast.
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P.O. Box 21710
Eugene, OR 97402
Tighten the line as you hoist the sail. Connect the
end of the line to the eyehook on the maststep
(starboard side).
Connect
Block
Connect
Line
5. At the stern, connect #1 block to the underside
of the boom. The #2 block connects to the stern.
The end of the line extends over the top of the
wooden taveler.
Connect
Hooks
Connect line at the aft shroud eye on the starboard
side.
Connect
Line from
the Boom
#1
Traveler

Twist open the mast rings. Place around the mast
pole.
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Twist mast ring closed again.
Fore sail:
Repeat steps 1-4 the same as the Main Mast.
The stern end of the fore sail boom is connected
by a block and tackle. Hook #1 connects to the
eye on the starboard side of the main mast’s
maststep. Hook #2 (on the pulley) connects to
the brass traveler bar.
Secure the line over the bollard on the aft end of
the cabin.
Bollard
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