Topper TOPAZ TRES Quick start guide

Topper Topaz Tres - 1519 Rigging Guide
Before you begin:
The main halyard will have been used to raise the boat cover, please release
and attach to mast stay to keep it out of the way before removing the cover.
The following should be onboard :
 Boom with attached mainsheet and kicker,
 Downhaul on mast
 Rudder Blade
 Tiller
 Daggerboard
The sails should be stored in the sail locker
 Jib with attached jibsheets
 Mainsail
Please check that the hull bung is tight at the stern of the boat.
Place boat head to wind to prevent any sudden wind effects.

Picture A) Topaz parts .
Picture B) Assembled with sails.

Raising the jib.
The topaz is fitted with a furling drum. This is designed to tidy away the sail
whilst launching , recovering or ashore. It is not intended as a reefing device
to reduce sail area at times of higher wind.
First connect the head of the sail to the jib halyard. Running down the leading
edge of the jib is a wire with eyes at both ends. One end for the jib halyard,
one for the furling drum. The jib halyard runs down the port side of the mast.
There is a shackle in a loop of the jib halyard. This will have been kept tight
against the mast when the boat is put away. Remove the pin from the shackle
and attach the top eye of the jib, re-securing with the split ring in the pin.
Pic 1 – Shackle / Head Jib.
Next connect the eye at the clew of the jib to the top of the furling drum. Again
there is shackle on the top of the drum with pin and split ring for taking the
eye.

Pic 2 Connection to furling drum
Haul the jib halyard raising the jib sail and cleat to the port side of the mast.
Gather the excess jib halyard and store in the sheet bag.
The single jib sheet will be attached to the tack of the sail in its centre. Pass
one end of the jib sheet from outside the hull through the block mounted
against the mast stay then through the block on the mast assembly and finally
through the cleat. Tie off with a figure of eight knot. Repeat with the other end
of the jib sheet to the other side.

Pic 3 Passage of the jib sheet
If you now pull on the furling cord the jib should furl / store itself.
Pic 4 - Furled Jib

Raising the mainsail.
First attach the boom to the clew of the mainsail.
At the back of the boom can be found the outhaul line running around a
pulley. There is a torpedo runner towards the clew of the mainsail that is to be
placed into the slot on the top of the boom near the back. Pass the outhaul
line through the eye ln the clew and either take back to the grooves at the end
of the boom and cleat or simply tie to the clew of the sail. Tension the outhaul
using the free end at the “front” of the boom.
Pic 5 – Outhaul setup
Then attach the bottom eye of the mainsail to the front of the boom using the
pin connected to the boom.
The main halyard attaches to the head of the mainsail by passing a loop of
the halyard through the eye at the head of the sail, then looping over the
plastic ball and tensioning.

Pic 6 – Attaching main halyard
The leading edge of the mainsail passes up the groove in the mast. Pull on
the main halyard until the sail is to the top of the mast and cleat off on the
starboard side of the mast. Store the excess halyard in the sheet bag.
Pull down on the boom to align with the gooseneck and connect.

Pic 7 - Use of gooseneck
Connecting the downhaul
The downhaul cord has two parts. The first is a loop of cord attached to the
mast which passes through a block with the free end passing back to a cleat
on the mast. The second part is a second cord attached to the block with a
free end. Tie the free end of the second cord to large eye some 150mm from
the base of the main sail. This can now be tensioned using the first cleated
loop.
Pic 8 Downhaul mast cleat

Connecting the kicker
The kicker assembly should be connected to the mast and boom but if it has
come detached then the kicker has a twisted kicker shackle that fits into the
bottom of the boom. The other end has a carabiner that attaches to the cord
at the foot of the mast.
Pic 6 Kicker and downhaul assembly.
Fitting the Mainsheet.
The boom may already be fitted to the mainsheet. It is a central fitting.
If the mainsheet has been removed then:
Pass the end of the mainsheet through the cleat to the bottom of the
mainsheet block on the floor of the boat. Take up to the boom, pass through
the boom block and return and pass through the top of the mainsheet block.
Take back up to the boom and pass through the block becket (just a metal
loop, and tie a figure of eight knot as a stopper.
It is recommended to have a figure of eight tied in the mainsheet to prevent
the mainsail hitting the stays or at least one as a stopper on the main sheet.

Rudder Assembly.
Ensure the rudder blade moves freely and slide onto the rudder holder on the
stern of the boat. Ensure that the rudder retaining clip snaps back into original
position to keep the blade in place.
Pass the tiller handle over the ridges to hold the blade “high”. The rudder is
raised or lowered by pulling up on the tiller and pushing / pulling onto the boat
with an elastic band ensuring tension to keep the tiller in place once in
position .

Pic 7 Rudder attachment
Centreboard
Place board into centre slot with the broadest sedge towards the mast and
secure the elastic cord to the base of the mast using the plastic clip.