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Musto Performance Skiff Rigging Guide
This rigging guide is to be used in conjunction with the CE Owners Manual available at http://www.mustoskiff.com
Please take your time to rig your boat up prior to your first sail. You will, no doubt, be in a hurry to get out on the water and
enjoy some serious skiff sailing but a few extra minutes spent checking your boat is correctly rigged will make sure you have
an enjoyable sail and may prevent you damaging your kit.
You can rig the boat in a different order from than that described here but we know this method works.
Below; shows the starting point, you should have one of everything in this picture.
1. The boat comes supplied with everything you need to go
sailing, if you are missing an item please call your dealer
2. You have to start somewhere so lets start by attaching the
Harken Carbo Ratchamatics on. One each side. They are not
handed so you don’t need to worry about which way round
they go.

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Rigging the Boom
3. The first step is to fit the Harken ti-lites to the boom for the
mainsheet. Tie a figure of eight in the end of the supplied
string and thread it through the block
4. As the string comes through the other side pass it through
the top of the block.
5. Take it through eye on the top of the boom and back
through the top of the block. Then back through the body of
the ti-lite.
6. Repeat the process until you have three wraps around the
boom. Finish the process by putting a figure of eight knot on
the tail leaving the block “snug” to the boom.
7. Repeat the process for the second block. 8. Bolt the double kicker bar to the boom fitting

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9. Make sure you don’t over tighten this as it will need to
move up and down as the kicker is adjusted.

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Fitting the Wings
10. Fitting the wings is simple; make sure you align the white
end fittings with the male fitting on the deck.
11. Insert the wing pins. If they are difficult to insert you may
not have the wings in properly. Give them a little “wiggle” until
the pin can be inserted.
12. Clip the elastic over the pin end between the bar and the
deck eye
13. With the elastic between the wing and the deck eye the
elastic can never get knocked off and you won’t lose any
pins. The folded ends of the pins should be away from the
cockpit so that the mainsheet doesn’t get caught on the pin.
14. With the wings fitted ensure that the line for the downhaul
(pink in this picture) is on top of the wing bar.
Stepping the Mast

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15. Before stepping the mast lay it out (on padding, you don’t
want to scratch your new carbon mast) and check that all the
line and wires are not twisted up. Also look up and check you
are not going to hit anything with the mast when you raise it,
especially power lines!! NOTE: The trapeze T terminals go in
the upper slots.
16. Fit the rig adjusters onto the chain plates
17. Attach the lower shroud to the inboard rig adjuster. Five
holes down on the front row is a good start but check
www.mustoskiff.com for tuning information
18. Check the mast step is clear for the mast to be stepped.
19. Step the mast and loosely the forestay with the rig
tensioning device (not supplied) to the upper eye (arrowed
red)
20. With the weight of the mast now on the trapezes attach
the lower shrouds to the plate on the mast. Do both sides
and the mast will now be self supported.

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21. Attach the shroud to the outboard rig adjuster. Five holes
down on the front row is a good start but check
www.mustoskiff.com for tuning information
22. Now you have both shrouds and lowers attached tension
the rig using the tensioning device and then locate the lower
eye (shown blue arrow in step 19) into the chainplate and
insert the pin. Then remove the tensioning device. NOTE:
Please don’t over tension the rigging; call Ovington Boats if
unsure on required rig tension.
22a. Now tape or cover the chainplate AND the
upper eye that the rig tensioning device was attached to
to prevent the spinnaker snagging

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Attaching the Trapezes
23. Now the rig is tensioned the trapezes can be connected
to the elastic that is available on the wing bar.
24. Take the loop and pull it through the ring block.
25. Take the loop around the trapeze ring 26. Pull it tight and that’s done. Repeat the other side.

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Fitting the boom, vang and mainsheet
27. Place the rigged boom in the cockpit 28. Remove the pin in the lower gooseneck and fit it through
the boom.
29. Attach the main halyard to the outhaul 30. Cleat the outhaul off in the centre of the boom
31. Pull some of the main halyard through so the boom is in
the approximate position that you would expect when sailing
32. Rig the mainsheet starting with a bowline on the block
attached to the mainsheet bridal. Then thread it through the
front block on the boom.

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33. Then thread it through the block on the bridal then back
through the aft block on the boom and through the jammer.
MAKE SURE YOU GET IT THE RIGHT WAY THROUGH
THE RATCHET BLOCK,
34. Push the boom out to the shroud and cleat the
mainsheet.
35. Pull the sheet on a little bit and put a stopper knot of your
choice into the mainsheet. This will stop the boom hitting the
shroud when the mainsheet is not cleated.
36. Fit the other kicker bar to the upper gooseneck.
37. Locate the two kicker bars together. Note if they will not
then just adjust the height of the boom by adjusting the angle
of the boom with the main halyard.
38. Thread the kicker control line. From the cleat, through the
block on the mast step then through the block on the mast.

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39. Then take the rope through the block on the end of the
kicker bar and back towards the mast.
40. Then tie the end of the rope to the eye on the mast.