Things You'll Need:
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Step 1
Place the headsail on your foredeck at the base of the forestay.
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Step 2
Remove it from the bag (if necessary).
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Step 3
Spread the sail out on the foredeck.
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Step 4
Locate the three corners, head, tack and clew.
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Step 5
Attach the tack to the base of the forestay. Most boats have shackles but you may end up tying the tack with a short piece of line.
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Step 6
Connect the hanks starting at the tack and working up to the head. If your sail has a headfoil system, untangle the luff tape from the foot to the head, then put the top of the tape into the feeder and about a foot up into the luff groove.
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Step 7
Release the halyard from its cleat.
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Step 8
Attach the other end of the halyard to the headboard.
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Step 9
Pull the loose halyard away from the forestay and loop it around a deck cleat or tie it to the deck or deck hardware nearby to keep it from wrapping around the forestay. Make sure it can be released quickly.
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Step 10
Take the slack out of the halyard and tie it to a cleat.
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Step 11
Tie both sheets to the clew with bowlines.
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Step 12
Fold the loose sail cloth into the bow pulpit or secure it to the deck using cleats and lazy sheets.
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Step 13
Take the slack out of the lazy sheets and coil them in the cockpit. The sail is now ready to be raised.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Once the headsail is rigged, run the the sheets through their respective fairleads or padeyes. Then put a stopper knot or figure eight knot at the end each sheet. This way, if a sheet gets loose, it won't fly out over the water, making it difficult and sometimes impossible to retrieve.