
1. From the delivery kit locate the sail, upper
and lower booms, S-hook and package of sail
rings. Remove the two outhaul lines from the
line bag.
2. Find a flat surface free of sharp objects that
you can spread your sail out on.
3. Align the lower boom along the foot of the
sail and the upper boom along the lu (figure
25). e Sunfish logo should face the upper
boom (the boom that does not have any blocks
attached).
4. e two booms are attached together by in-
terlocking eye bolts. is corner of the sail is
known as the tack. Take the S-hook and loop
one end through the interlocking eye bolt that
is attached to the lower boom (Figure 26).
5. Take the free end of the S-hook and place it
through the grommet in the tack of the sail.
Using a pair of pliers, crimp the S-hook closed
(figure 27).
6. Attaching the outhaul lines: Starting at
either the head of the sail or the clew (one of
the ends that is not yet attached to the booms)
take one of the outhaul lines and tie a stopper
knot in the end of it. Feed the free end of the
line through the boom cap (figure 28).
7. Continue the line through the grommet
in the sail (figure 29) and then back down
through the top cap. Double the line through
the grommet (figure 30) and secure with a
couple half hitches (figure 31). e outhaul
line should be fairly snug (figure 32).
8. Repeat the same procedures for the second
outhaul.
9. Secure the remainder of the sail to the
booms using the sail rings. Locate a grom-
met, place the sail ring around the boom,
insert the grommet between the openings of
the ring and press firmly to secure (figures 33
and 34).
Tip: Pliers may be helpful when closing the sail rings.
However use caution, as they can easily scratch the
booms.
6. Attaching the Sail to the Booms (Standard):
figure 25
figure 26 figure 27
figure 28 figure 29
figure 30 figure 31
figure 32
figure 33
figure 34
HEAD
UPPER BOOM
LUFF
TACK FOOT OF SAIL
LEACH
CLEW
LOWER BOOM
GROMMET
1. From the delivery kit locate the sail, upper and lower
boom, S-hook, and sail ties. Remove the cunningham
and outhaul line from the line bag. e white race sail
is attached to the booms with sail ties as opposed to sail
rings. ere should be 4 sail ties that are longer than
the remaining 32 ties. ese longer ties are the corner
sail ties.
2. Find a flat surface free of sharp objects where you
can spread our your sail.
3. Align the lower boom along the foot of the sail and
the upper boom along the lu (refer to figure 25). e
Sunfish logo should face the upper boom (the boom
that does not have any blocks attached).
4. e two booms are attached together by
interlocking eye bolts. Take the S-hook and loop one
end through the interlocking eye bolt that is attached
to the lower boom (figure 34).
Tip: Some racers use a piece of line to secure the sail to the
interlocking eye bolt as opposed to the S-hook. It is suggested to
use a 10” long, 2 mm piece of spectra that gets led through the
tack grommet and interlocking eye bolt. Wrap the line 2 or 3 times
around and secure with a square knot.
5. Take the free end of the S-hook and place it through
the grommet in the tack of the sail. Using a pair of pli-
ers, crimp the S-hook closed. Using the longer corner ties
secure the tack of the sail to both the upper and lower
booms using separate lines by wrapping the line around
twice and securing with a square knot (Figure 35).
7. Attaching the Sail to the Booms (Race)
figure 36 figure 37
figure 34 figure 35
8. Rigging the Outhaul (Race):
1. Using the outhaul line, tie a bowline to the
lower boom end cap (figure 38).
2. Lead the free end of the line through
the grommet in the sail and back through
the boom end cap (figure 39). Continue the
line forward down the boom to the aft most
boom cleat.
3. Tie an overhand knot in the outhaul
two sail ties before the boom cleat. Lead
the outhaul line through the two sail ties
and through the cleat (Figure 40).
4. Lead the line back through the overhand
knot and back forward through the cleat. Cleat
o and tie a large bowline handle in the end
(figure 40).
figure 38 figure 39
figure 40
1. TIE
OVERHAND
KNOT
2. LEAD LINE
UNDER SAIL TIES
3. THROUGH
CLEAT
4. THROUGH
OVERHAND
KNOT 5. BACK THROUGH
CLEAT
6. CLEAT OFF AND TIE
A BOWLINE HANDLEKNOT
6. Using one of the longer sail ties in the sail tie
bundle to attach the head of the sail to the top end
of the boom. e sail should not be tied taunt as the
cunningham will be rigged and used to adjust lu
tension on the Race rig. Rigging the outhaul on the
lower boom is detailed in Section 8 (figure 36).
Tip: Make sure to set the tie at the head of the sail so that the
sail’s lu tension is as loose as you will want it while sailing.
You will then be able to adjust the lu tension with the
cunningham line.
7. Finish attaching the sail to the booms with the
remaining sail ties. For each grommet in the sail,
tie one sail tie around the boom and through the
grommet. Secure with a square knot (figure 37).