RS Feva User manual

Rigging Manual V5

1. INTRODUCTION
2. RS FEVA TECHNICAL DATA
3. COMMISSIONING
3.1 Preparation
3.2 Unpacking
3.3 Rigging the Mast
3.4 Rigging the Jib
3.5 Rigging the mast for the Gennaker
3.6 Stepping the Mast
3.7 Rigging the Kicker
3.8 Rigging the Boom
3.9 The Daggerboard
3.10 The Rudder
3.11 Hoisting the Mainsail
3.12 Hoisting the Jib
3.13 Rigging the Gennaker
3.14 Completion
4. SAILING HINTS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Launching
4.3 Leaving the Beach
4.4 Sailing Close-Hauled and Tacking
4.5 Sailing Downwind and Gybing
4.6 Using the Gennaker
5. MAINTENANCE
5.1 Boat Care
5.2 Foil Care
5.3 Spar Care
5.4 Sail Care
5.5 Fixtures & Fittings
6. WARRANTY
7. GLOSSARY
Contents
All terms highlighted in blue throughout the manual can be found in the Glossary of Terms.

1. Introduction
Congratulations on the purchase of your new RS Feva and thank you for choosing
racing in this truly excellent design.
manual has been compiled to help you to gain the maximum enjoyment from your
RS Feva, in a safe manner. It contains details of the craft, the equipment supplied
Please read this manual carefully and be sure that you understand its contents
before using your RS Feva.
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.
RS Sailing highly recommends using RS supplied equipment for usage and storing
of your craft. Deviation from using RS supplied equipment, such as sails and
storage solutions, will require consultation with RS Sailing. Failure to do so may
Please keep this manual in a secure place and hand it over to the new owner
if you sell the boat.
For further information, spares, and accessories, please contact:
RS Sailing
Premier Way
Abbey Park
Romsey
Hants SO51 9DQ
Tel.: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
For details on your local RS dealer, please visit www.rssailing.com

Length Overall (LOA) 3.64m 12’0”
Beam 1.42m 4’8”
Hull Weight 68kg 136lb
Mainsail 5.5m257sq ft
3 Batten Mainsail 6.5m268sq ft
Jib 2.1m222sq ft
Gennaker 7.0m273sq ft
2. Technical Data
3. Commissioning
3.1 Preparation
Your RS Feva 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
• PVC Electrician’s Tape
You may require other tools later, should you wish to make any setting or tuning
adjustments to the boat or the rig.
DO NOT use a knife or other sharp object to cut through packaging
containing parts – you may damage the contents!
Whilst your RS Feva has been carefully prepared, it is important that new owners
should check that shackles and knots are tight. This is especially important when
important to check such items regularly prior to sailing.

Having unpacked your RS Feva, 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.
3.2 - Unpacking
Boat Pack:
Foil Kit:
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Hull
Lower mast
Top mast
Boom
Document bag
Owner’s manual
Dagger Blade
Rudder Blade
Rudder Stock
Tiller
Tiller Extension

Customer Fittings Pack:
Rope Pack:
1
1
1
3
1
1
Plastic Bobble
Nylon Spring
Hook
20mm block
Single Jam Block
and Becket
100mm Dacron
Patch.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Mainsheet
Main Halyard
Downhaul
Boom Strop
Jib Sheet
Jib Halyard
Jib Halyard Block

S Sail Pack:
XL Club Sail Pack:
XL Race Sail Pack
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
S Mainsail
XL Mainsail
XL Mainsail
Club Jib
Club Jib
XL Jib
Spinnaker
Spinnaker
Spinnaker
Race Pack

• Uncoil the main halyard
• Thread one end of the main halyard through
the bullseye at the top of the mast.
• Run both ends of the main halyard to the bottom
of the mast and tie in place (this prevents them
from disappearing back up the mast!).
If you have the Jib and/or Gennaker Pack, please refer to Section 3.4 Rigging
the Jib, and Section 3.11 Rigging the Gennaker before stepping the mast in
the boat.
To complete this section, you will need:
• The mast top section
• The mast lower section
• The main halyard
3.3 - Rigging the Mast
a)
b)
c)
• Place the mast top section and mast lower section on the ground, in line with
each other.
• Slide the inner sleeve of the mast top section into the end of the mast lower section.
• Push the two mast sections together. The angle of the join should ensure that the
mast track on the two sections aligns.
Please note, top and bottom mast sections are matched, they are not interchangeable
so if you have more than one boat you should consider marking the sections to identify
which go together.

d)
a)
3.3 - Rigging the Mast
3.4 - Stepping the Mast
REMEMBER
If you are rigging the Jib and Gennaker Packs, you need to read Sections 3.4 and
3.10 before stepping the mast
Now the mast is ready to be put up in the boat, or ‘stepped’.
BEFORE PICKING UP THE MAST, CHECK THAT YOU ARE NOT IN
THE VICINITY OF OVERHEAD POWER CABLES
The mast
pin has a locking nut on the bottom to prevent it from
falling out.
To close the mechanism:
1) Push the Pin through the gate from above.
2) Screw down the knurled nut until it is tight.
The Mast Gate Pin
• Remove the mast gate pin from the
hole and open the mast gate.

3.4 - Rigging the Jib
a)
b)
c)
To complete this section, you will need:
• 1 x Feva jib
• 2 x Feva shrouds
• 1 x shroud shackle
• 1 x jib halyard block
• 1 x jib halyard
• 1 x jib sheet
• 1 x jib halyard block tie
Before stepping the mast you will need to complete the following steps:
• Hook the eyelets at the end of the shrouds onto the shroud shackle.
• Attach the shroud shackle to the lower of
the two metal rings on the front face of the
mast.
• Tie knot #1 in one end of the jib halyard block tie.

d)
e)
f)
g)
• Thread the other end of the jib halyard block tie through the metal loop at the top
of the jib halyard block, pulling the excess through until the block is next to the
knot.
• Thread the free end of the jib halyard block tie through the shroud
shackle, in between the shrouds.
• Thread the end of the jib halyard block tie
back through the metal loop at the top of
the jib halyard block, passing through
in the opposite direction to step d.
• Tie knot #3 in the end of the jib halyard
block tie. The jib halyard
block will now hang just below the lower
of the two metal rings on the front face of
the mast.
3.4 - Rigging the Jib
• Thread the jib halyard through the jib halyard block, and
make sure that both ends of the jib halyard are secure at
the bottom of the mast.

• Uncoil the gennaker halyard (that is emerging through a hole in the foredeck).
• Take the end of the gennaker halyard and, with the mast lying beside the boat,
thread it through the gennaker halyard block.
• Secure the gennaker halyard at the base of the mast.
3.5 - Rigging the mast for the Gennaker
a)
b)
To complete this section, you will need:
• 1 x RS Feva gennaker
• 1 x gennaker halyard block and shackle
• 1 x gennaker sheet
• 1 x gennaker downhaul bobble
HINT
Your RS Feva will arrive with the gennaker halyard and bowsprit already rigged.
There is no need to unthread the halyard from under the foredeck when you are
rigging the gennaker. Should the halyard be accidentally pulled through, please
refer to Appendix 9.3 RS Feva Gennaker Pole System to re-rig.
Before stepping the mast you will need to complete the following steps:
• Shackle the gennaker halyard block to the uppermost
metal ring on the front face of the top mast.
Now step the mast, following the instructions in Section 3.5 - Stepping the Mast.

b)
c)
d)
• Lay the mast along the boat with the mast foot in the mast well.
• Stand the mast up. The mast foot should slide down the mast well and sit
comfortably in the mast cup. The lip on the lower mast collar should be under the
foredeck, to enable you to close the mast gate.
• Close the mast gate, ensuring that you have not trapped any ropes in it.
• Push the mast-gate pin back into the hole,
add the knurled nut and tighten.
3.6 - Stepping the Mast

3.7 - Rigging the Kicker
• Take the cascade rope and mark where it will attach to the single jam block with
becket (see diagram below).
• Tie the cascade rope onto the jam block using knot #6
• Thread the long end through one of the 20mm blocks and then back through the
jam cleat block and through the jammer.
block using knot #1
• Tie knot 3 in the end of the line
To rig the kicker, you will need:
• x2 20mm blocks
• x1 Single Jam Block and Becket
• Kicker cascade rope - 4mm Evo Performance - 2300mm
Adjust the cow hitch on
the jam block to maintain
peak performance of
the kicker.
Knot #6
Knot #3
Knot #1
4mm Evo Performance
2300mm
Single jam block
with becket
20mm
Block
20mm
Block
200mm
The standard kicker will come as standard with the boat, if you have the Race
pack, refer to the instructions included within to rig the race kicker.

3.8 - Rigging the Boom
To rig the boom, you will need:
• The boom
• The kicking cascade
• The kicker boom strop
The standard outhaul will come rigged on the boom, if you have the Race pack,
refer to the instructions included within to rig the race outhaul.
a)
b)
• Take the kicker boom strop and tie knot #3 in one end.
• Thread the other end through the small metal eyelet on the top of the boom,
about 50 cm from the front end.
• Thread the end through the metal loop on the top block of the kicking cascade.

c)
a)
b)
• Finally, thread the end back through the eyelet on the boom, in the opposite
direction to the other end, and tie knot #3 in the end
3.8 - Rigging the Boom
3.9 - The Daggerboard
To complete this section, you will need:
• The daggerboard
• Daggerboard retaining elastic
• Daggerboard retaining clip
• Thread one end of the daggerboard retaining elastic through the
daggerboard handle, and tie a .
• Tie the daggerboard retaining clip on to the other end of the daggerboard retaining
elastic using a knot #1.

3.10 - The Rudder
To complete this section, you will require:
• The rudder
• The rudder stock
• The Tiller
• The Tiller retaining screw
• The Tiller extension
a)
b)
c)
• Remove the rudder assembly from the foil pack and locate the components.
The self-tapping screw is in a small bag, in with the tiller arm.
• Slide the Tiller into the stock
• Tie a 20mm downhaul block onto the rope from the Rudder blade
• Attach the tiller extension to the tiller.

3.11 - Hoisting the Mainsail
To complete this section, you will need:
• The mainsail mainsail, or the Feva XL 3-batten
mainsail)
• The kick
• The mainsheet
a)
b)
c)
• Take the mainsheet and thread one end through the large block in the centre of the boat.
• Next, thread the mainsheet through the block in the middle of the boom, leading it
towards the back of the boat.
• Thread the mainsheet through the webbing strap (with the
outhaul), and through the block at the back end of the boom.

• Thread the mainsheet through the block on
the mainsheet bridle.
• Lead the mainsheet back up to the end of the
boom, and thread it through the hole in the center
of the block on the boom. Tie a knot #4 in the end
of the mainsheet.
d)
d)
e)
f)
• Unroll the mainsail.
• Take the end of the main halyard that comes down
the mast from the bullseye (not from the cleat), and tie
it to the top of the mainsail using knot #1.
• Put the top of the mainsail into the opening at the bottom of the mast track, just
above the gooseneck mast collar.
• Holding the sail in line with the mast, pull on the other end of the main halyard.
• Pull the mainsail up to the top of the mast. To make hoisting the mainsail easier,
keep it in line with the mast, especially when passing the batten pockets.
3.11 - Hoisting the Mainsail

• When the mainsail is at the top of the mast,
lead the halyard tail that you have been pulling around
the outside of the shroud, and pull it forward.
• Pull the halyard towards the back of the boat,
until it locks in the cleat at the top of the mast.
• Once the halyard is cleated, bring it back around the shroud.
g)
h)
i)
j)
• Take the and thread the end of the halyard through the hole.
• Clip the on to the one attached to
the elastic by the mast gate.
• Pull the halyard through the until all the
slack has been taken up.
•Tie knot #3 here to keep the clip in place.
3.11 - Hoisting the Mainsail