MARLOW-HUNTER 15 Quick start guide

Quick Step Hunter 15 Rigging Guide
1. Find a level place near the launching area to raise the mast. Make sure there
are no overhead power lines or obstructions where you will be rigging or on the
path to the water.
2. Untie the mast and rigging from the trailer. The side-shrouds should have
quick-levered shroud adjusters on them and the roller furling forestay pigtail
should have the upper swivel attached to it.
3. Attach the jib (rolled up) to the upper swivel and tie it off to the mast at the
base and make sure your main halyard is secured to the mast.
4. If by yourself, remove the forward compartment cover and cover battens.
5. Pin the shroud adjusters to the chain plates and open up them up. Walk the
mast back and insert the base of the mast into the mast step aligning the pegs in
the mast with the grooves in the step.
6. Raise the mast from inside the boat keeping the mast as close to the
centerline of the boat as possible while going up. It helps to be far back in the
cockpit and facing forward with the mast in front of you and a wide stance.
7. Now have someone attach the forward pin through the roller furling drum and
the lower, wire thimble of the jib. (If by yourself, carefully attach the jib
thimble through the roller-furling drum. Keep downward tension on the
rolled-up jib to prevent the mast from falling backwards)
8. Close the levered shroud adjusters to tighten rig. There should be no slack in
the rig at this point. If you need to move the pins on the adjusters, just open them
and carefully raise or lower the pins until you achieve the desired rig tension.
(The main halyard tied off on the shroud anchor points can be used to hold
the mast up while you adjust the pins)
9. Remove the boom and attach to the gooseneck fitting on the mast with the pin
and ring. Run the mainsail slugs into the groove of mast and attach the main
halyard. Run the outhaul line from the clew of the sail (if it is not already
attached) through the eye on the back of the boom and forward to the cleat on
the side of the boom.
10. Run your mainsheet if you have not done so and attach the upper block to
the boom. Make sure there are no twists and the cleat is working properly. (The
angle of the cleat on the lower mainsheet block can be changed by
loosening the screw in the middle of the lower block and rocking the
cleat assembly up or down and then tightened)

11. Make sure your roller furling line is run up through the drum and out the top
with a stop knot. Lead your jib sheets back through the swivel cleats on the
forward edge of the seats. Make sure the line runs from the jib through the eye or
fairlead and them through the cleat. Tie stop knots on the end of sheets and test
the furling system.
12. Attach the Rudder/Tiller assembly and you are ready to hoist the main and/or
unfurl the jib once the boat is pointed into the wind.