Re: Issues and questions rigging a new boat - hardware placement on boom, attaching sail
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The outhaul and Cunningham cleats are positioned forward on the boom so you can easily reach them while sailing.
On Monday, July 22, 2019, 4:28 PM, goingforasail@... [sunfish_sailor] wrote:
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Has anyone had difficulty rigging their boat with the lines, hardware and parts provided?
I just got a new "race" version that arrived this weekend and I discovered (in addition to the fact that I expected it to have numbers on the sail and a wooden tiller along with a wooden rudder and centerboard that it did actually come with, that I asked especially for) that the plastic rings all but refuse to go around the spars to keep the sail in place.
The "S" hook that is supposed to keep the tack corner of the sail in place between the boom and the upper spar refuses to be "crimped". There is no cleat on the boom at the clew end of the sail to keep the outhaul in place after adjusting it and instead the instructions seem to suggest making the outhaul setting more permanent by wrapping the skinny waxy pink line they sent to use marked "out haul" around the boom and tie a clove hitch on the boom. Is that right??
Why are the cleats on the boom so far forward? Is the outhaul supposed to be able to be adjusted there? My cleats run 8'4" forward. It sits right above the forward pulley for the mainsheet. There is another cam cleat facing the other direction 18 inches farther forward.
Are there any tricks to getting it rigged? It seems like the instructions which they sent with the boat that are on the LaserPerformance.com website were written in the 70s and the rigging has been modified since then.
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