Things You'll Need:
- Mainsail with sheets ropes and lines
- Sailboat
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Step 1
Remove your mainsail from its bag and spread it out on the deck.
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Step 2
Locate the 3 corners of your sail--head (top), tack (bottom inside) and clew (bottom outside).
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Step 3
Attach the tack to the base of the mast with the forestay.
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Step 4
Attach the bottom of the mainsail to the boom, if applicable.
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Step 5
Release the halyard from its cleat.
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Step 6
Attach the halyard to the headboard at the head of the mainsail.
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Step 7
Feed the mainsail into the groove in the mast.
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Step 8
Take the slack out of the halyard and secure it into a cleat.
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Step 9
Tie the sheet to the clew of the boom with a bowline.
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Step 10
Coil your lazy sheets flat and lay them in the cockpit or hang them on a cleat.
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Step 11
You are now ready to raise the mainsail.







