RS SAILING Aero Quick start guide

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COMPONENTS LIST
HARDWARE AND ROPE PACK
Downhaul tail
Outhaul control line
Vang purchase
Vang strop
Daggerboard elastic
Control line takeup elastic
Toestrap elastic
Mainsheet
Main halyard
Main halyard tail
Mainsheet block
Vang cleat
Mainsheet traveller
Plastic rings
(control lines)
16mm block
16mm block with becket
(vang)
40mm soft-attach
Harken block
Control line joining ties
QUANTITY
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Downhaul Control linc
1. COMPONENTS LIST

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30mm block
Mainsheet spring
18 mm soft-attach
double block
16mm vang double block
Plastic clip (daggerboard)
Traveller rope
Rope bobble
5mm shackle (vang)
Plastic washer (mainsheet block)
Zip ties
Rudder downhaul
Rudder
Rudder stock
Tiller extension.
Dagger board
Boom
Top mast
Lower mast
Sail
Sail numbers
Document case
Owners’ Manual
Rigging Manual
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GBR
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Congratulations on the purchase of your new RS Aero and thank you for choosing an
RS product. We are condent that you will have many hours of great sailing and racing
in this truly excellent design.
The RS Aero is an exciting boat to sail and offers fantastic performance. This rigging
guide has been compiled to help you to gain the maximum enjoyment from your RS
Aero, in a safe manner. It contains details of the craft, the equipment supplied or tted,
its systems, and information on its safe operation and maintenance. Please read this
rigging guide carefully and be sure that you understand its contents before using your
RS Aero.
This rigging guide will not instruct you in boating safety or seamanship. If this is your
rst boat, or if you are changing to a type of craft that you are not familiar with, for your
own safety and comfort, please ensure that you have adequate experience before
assuming command of the craft. If you are unsure, RS, your RS dealer, or your national
sailing federation – for example, the Royal Yachting Association – will be able to advise
you of a local sailing school, or a competent instructor.
Please keep this rigging guide in a secure place and hand it over to the new
owner if you sell the boat.
Please also see Owners Manual for technical summary and Capsize recovery.
For further information, spares, and accessories, please contact:
RS Sailing
Premier Way
Abbey Park
Romsey
Hants SO51 9DQ
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: www[email protected]
2. Introduction

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3. RS Aero Registration
We have introduced a new boat registration system for the Aero, which will be extremely
important to help the Association communicate with owners, develop the Class, create
strong events and take the Aero on to the next level.
RS Aero Boat Registration - how it works:
• It is free
• Owners go to the Association website, RSaerosailing.org – Boat Registration
• Enter your name & contact details, boat number, sailing club etc – Submit
• The Association emails back a pdf Registration Document (required for event entry
or for re-sale of the boat) and a password.
• When a boat is sold, the seller logs into the Boat Registration page on the site,
using the password – and enters new owner details
• The new owner is sent an updated Registration Document.
The data is held by the Aero Class Association. By doing this we will transform the future
strength of the Class and speed of growth.
Please play your part and ensure that the RS Aero registration is lled out fully and be
part of the RS Aero revolution.

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Preparation
Your RS Aero comes complete with all the components necessary to take the boat sailing.
In order to commission it, you will need the following tools:
• Pliers or a shackle key
• Sharp knife
• Small at head screwdriver
• PVC electrician’s tape
It will take around 1 1/2 hours to prepare your Aero so make sure you allow plenty of time.
Whilst your RS Aero has been carefully prepared, it is important that new owners should
check that shackles and knots are tight. This is especially important when the boat is new,
as travelling can loosen seemingly tight ttings and knots. It is also important to check
such items prior to sailing regularly.
DO NOT use a knife or other sharp object to cut through packaging containing
parts – you may damage the contents!
4. Commissioning

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Unpacking
Having unpacked your RS Aero, you should check that you have all of the items listed
below before throwing away any of the packing, as there may be some small items still
wrapped. Please see contents page.
Unpack your Aero and place on a suitable gunwhale supported trolley. Avoid point loading
the hull skins. Dispose of any packaging.
The Aero comes in a Tyvek production bag which is reuseable. It has padding on the deck
so you can stack boats together if needed.
If you are trailing stacked boats we would recommend you put covers over the white
production cover for protection as the Tyvek cover is quite delicate.

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Rigging Guide
5. Hull
PLEASE FOLLOW ASSEMBLY GUIDE IN THE CORRECT ORDER

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1 - 5 MAINSHEET BLOCK ASSEMBLY
Compress the existing spring (as removed in step 1.1) using
cable ties then shackle the ratchet block onto the eyelet.
Add the eyelet onto the ratchet base.
Make sure the plastic spring
washer goes back on the
right way up.
Once the shackle is tightened,
cut the cable ties.
Take the new ratchet base, align the three pins with the holes in
the adapter plate, then push it down then forwards to lock into
place.
1.
2.
3.
See appendix for instructions regarding tting a
swivel jammer upgrade.
To remove, release the
catch on the block base
using the tool provided.
You should hear a click as the catch engages.

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Push this tab to
release
6.
7.
100mm
• Use mainsheet traveller rope.
• Tie overhand knot in each end.
• Add the vang cleat.
• Push and slide forward until it clicks.
6 VANG CLEAT
7 TRAVELLER SYSTEM

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Use rear cleat
Use front cleat
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9.
10.
PORT SIDE
• Pass rope through front cleat.
• Pass rope through front hole in gunwhale.
STARBOARD SIDE
• Use outhaul rope (blue, white eck).
• Pass through hole from underneath gunwhale.
• Pass through rearmost cleat.
• Pass rope through front 20mm harken
block (A) on port organiser.
• Pass through 16mm single block (B)
• Pass through rear 20mm harken block
(C) going towards the port side of the
boat.
B
C
A
8 - 13 OUTHAUL SYSTEM

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11.
12.
13.
• Pass rope through the control line ring at stern of boat.
• Pass forwards under gunwhale through barrels A and B.
• Pass through front bullseye (C) around to the starboard side of the boat.
• Pass rope through the control line ring at stern of boat.
• Pass forward under gunwhale through barrels A and B.
A
B
C
PORT SIDE
STARBOARD SIDE
A
B
• Tie the ends together as shown.
• Cut and burn the tails.

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Use front cleat
Use rear cleat
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15.
16.
STARBOARD SIDE
• Use downhaul rope (red, white eck).
• Pass through forward hole from underneath
gunwhale.
• Pass through forward cleat.
• Pass rope through middle 20mm Harken
block on starboard organiser.
• Pass rope through blocks as
shown.
From starboard
side
To port side
A
A
C
C
B
B
D
D
PORT SIDE
• Pass rope through rear cleat.
• Pass rope through rear hole in gunwhale.
14 - 21 DOWNHAUL
Middle block
Front
block

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18.
• Pass rope through the control line ring at rear of boat.
• Pass forward under gunwhale through barrels A and B.
• Pass through front bullseye (C) around to the starboard side of the boat.
PORT SIDE
A
B
C
• Pass rope through the control line ring at rear of boat.
• Pass forward under gunwhale through barrels A and B.
STARBOARD SIDE
A
B
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• Tie the ends together as shown.
• Cut and burn the tails.

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elastic
• Attach the tapered end of the downhaul tail
onto the double block with a bowline.
• Tie an overhand knot in the other end of the
rope.
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21.
22.
elastic
• Pass elastic through two
rear holes A and B.
• Pass elastic through two
rear holes A and B.
• Tie elastic to plastic rings.
A
A
B
B
PORT SIDE
STARBOARD SIDE
21 - 22 ELASTIC TAKE-UPS
• Tie elastic to plastic rings.
elastic

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23.
24.
DAGGERBOARD ELASTIC
MIDDLE TOESTRAP
• Pass elastic through front recess and tie
gure of eight in the end of the port organiser.
• Tie plastic hook on other end with a bowline.
You may need to use a slot
screwdriver to push the elastic
through.
• Thread webbing (A) through buckle as shown. It may
be quite tight.
• After going through the buckle, the webbing velcros
back on top of the toestrap.
A

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Rigging Guide
6. Mast
PLEASE FOLLOW ASSEMBLY GUIDE IN THE CORRECT ORDER

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• Select the bottom section to suit the size of sail you wish to use.
• Ensure that the sleeve and the inside of the tube are clean and free of debris.
Aero rigs are designed with a tight engineering tolerance on the sleeve.
Ensure the tubes are aligned and push together. (The rst part is often the
hardest due to misalignment). If the tubes are hard to push together spray with
maclube or a similar product.
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2. 3.
Halyard
(thick end)
Halyard
(thin end)
• Add plastic bobble to
halyard.
Halyard tail
• Tie the thick and thin part of the main halyard
together with a double sheet bend.
The thick section of the Main Halyard has
two distinctive ends. One end has the core
removed from the rope and is of reduced
diameter. This is the end that attaches to the
thin halyard tail. The thick end attaches to the
plastic bobble

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5.
6.
MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO OVERHEAD POWER LINES
• Then step the mast in the boat.
• Add 40mm block to the dyneema loop at the base of the mast
using the 5mm shackle.
BE CAREFUL IN STRONG WINDS.
MAKE SURE THE MAST STEP IS FULLY LOCATED.
4.
• To keep things neat while stepping the mast you can add the
main halyard and tail to the lower cleat.

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Rigging Guide
7. Boom
PLEASE FOLLOW ASSEMBLY GUIDE IN THE CORRECT ORDER

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1.
3.
5.
6.
4.
2. You may need to use
a at head screwdriver
to push the dyneema
loop through the block
and around the toggle.
MAINSHEET BLOCKS
Allow the loop to go
around the toggle.
Allow the loop to go
around the toggle.