JIB
BOOM
SETUP
Counterweight
Jib
Boom
Front
End
Fitting
Ri
1
O
Ring
Jib
Clew
HOOK
Jib
Sheet
Guicie
1
SettheJibSheetGuideandSiliconRingSR1tothepositionshownabove.
2
Cut
a
450mmfength
of
DyneematoformtheJibBoomhook-down.Tie
a
loop
of
approximately25mmlengthinoneendandsecure
theknotwitha dropofCA
glue.
Makea markat65mmfromtheendoftheJi»ef.
Loop
3
ThreadtheHook-Downlineasshowninphoto3.Startbythreadingthelooseendofthecordupthroughthelower,centraleyeinthe
BoomJoiner,thenthroughthetop,centraleye,backdownthroughthelowereyeagain,leadItforwardsalongtheundersideofthe
Boom,
throughthe firsttwoholesin
a
Bowsie,throughtherearofthetwoeyesintheFrontEndFittingandtake
it
backthroughthe
finalholeintheBowsie,Donottieoffthefinalknotuntilcompletingthefollowingstage.Adjustthecordsothatthemarkyoumade
is
positionedatthelower edgeoftheBoomJoinerandsettheBowsiemidwaybetweenthefrontendfittingandtheboomjoinerandtie
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Note:
When
the
full
rig is
completed
the
easiest
way to install the rig is as follows:
-
Insert
the
Mast
into
the
Mast
Socket
in the
Hull.
-
Slacken
off the
Bowsie
adjuster
on the Jib Hook-Down, thread the loop through the
front
Deck
Eye
(Deck
Eye 1),
lead
it
back
through
Deck
Eye
2 and
hook
the loop
over
the
Jib
Deck
Hook. Tightenthe Hook-Down
Bowsie
to get the Jib
Boom
as low to the
deck
as
possible.
-
Hook
the
Backstay
on to the
Backstay
Hook
in the
Transom
and
tension
the
Backstay
Bowsie.
-
When
de-rigging do the
reverse
of this
process.
Using
this rigging
procedure
there is no
need
to adjust the
Forestay
tension
sothe
correct
rig
trim
is quick and
easy
to
achieve.
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RIGGING
THEJIB
4Cut
a
200mmlength
of
DyneemaandtieoneendtothefroritholeintheBackstayCrane.Tieoneofthe 6mmMetalRingstotheother
end
ata
distanceof15mmfromBackstayCranehole.
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5
RemovetheCounteniveightfromthefrontendoftheJibBoom,makesure
it
isscrewedontightiytoit'smetalshaftandsecurethe
threadwith
a
dropofthinCAglue.
Note:
At this
stage
make
sure
the Jib
Luff
is
free
to
slide
on it's wire
Forestay
If it is sticking at any point gently
free
it
off taking
care
not to
crease
the sail.
6
PushtheCounterweightshaftthroughtheloopinthebottomofthewireForestayandbacKintotheFrontEnd Fittingleaving
approximately5mm
of
shaftshowing.
7(Not
shown
-
see photo
9
on
page
6) HooktheeyeintheJibClebottomrpp
c^-e " o
theJibClewHook.
8(Not
shown
-
see photo 10on
page
6) Using
a
pair
of
thinnosedpesccse'"eopenendofthehooktopreventtheeye
slippingoffthehookwhensailing.Note:
This
can be
opened
out aga ^
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aa<^o
-crewdriver
if
you
need
to
remove
the sail.
9Cut
a
250mmlength
of
DyneematoformtheJibCunninghamfdovr-^a
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'o-^tcorneroffhe
sa/V),
Startbytyingoneend
to
thelowerfrontholeintheBoomJoiner(a),take
it
fonwardsthrough
f^c
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ira
Bowsie(b),thenforwardthroughthefronteye
inthe FrontEndFltting(c),upthroughthesaileyelet(d)andbackoc
" ~
eye(c)againandbackthroughthe finalholeinthe
Bow9ie(Q).
SQtthQ
BowciQ
in
a
cQntral
positionandadjust
tfie
cordtc
r
«sac
of
5mm
between
tfie
Dottom
edge
ottne
sail
andtne
topedgeoftheFrontEndFittingandtieoffthefinalknottosecuretneBowsie.
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MANUAL
