ASA106 Instructions Page 1

Home , Backstay, Bowsprit, Preventer, Shroud (sailing), Top (sailing ship)

Place the hull of the Cape Horn in the stand. Carefully unroll the sail set and remove the bowsprit. At the front of the ship slide the bowsprit under Forestay the brass brace and into the wood terminal. Top shroud

1. Attach the bow line to the tip of the underside of the bowsprit Side shrouds

3. Place the large end of the mast into the maststep. At the top of the mast the forward side of the mast has one eye hook, aft has two eyes. 2. Attach the lines on either side of the bowsprit Forestay line is attached at the top aft of the mast. to the eyes on the port and starboard sides of the Fasten the other end to the eye at the tip of the hull. bowsprit. Top shroud lines are attached at both sides of the mast top and pass through the spreader. Fasten the ends of the lines to the aft shroud eyes on the deck. Side shrouds - these thick lines are attached to the mast just below the spreader. Fasten S hooks at the ends of the lines to fore and aft shroud eyes on the deck. Run the adjustment device up each line until it is taut.

4. Twist open the mast rings so they may fit around the mast pole.

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#3 connects to 3 hardware on spanner

Pass line through guide eyehook

6. Haul Up the Main Sail: Connect the line from the mast's spar in the order Two eyehooks indicated above. Place S hooks 1 and 2 in the eyes on the mast's aft side. Connect #3 S hook to the other hook on the crossbar spreader. Pass the line through the fairlead guide eye and down the mast. Attach the S hook the end of the line to eye on the eye on the port side of the mast just above the boom eyehook.

5. Connect Main Sail to Mast: Pass the metal rod at the end of the mainsail's spar through the two eyehooks on the aft side of the mast directly below the spreader. Hoist the main by attaching the S hook of the block to one of the hooks at spreader's aft. Run the line down the mast and attach to the eye on the starboard side of the maststep. Tighten the line by running the adjustment device up the line until taut.

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Secure main sale Close mastrings line around the mast

Connect Boom preventer

Backstay shroud

Attach hook Maststep portside

7. Place the boom's hook in the eye on the aft side of the mast as illustrated. Connect the Preventer: The hook at the top of the block connects to the eye on the underside of the boom. The S hook at the end of the Preventer's line connects to the eye on the aft side of the mast. Loop the mast rings around the mast and twist closed.

8. Attach backstay shrouds: The lines are attached port and starboard from the side shroud eye on the mast to the side shroud eye on the aft end of the deck. Trim the sheet: use the block and tackle at the stern of the deck to hold down the end of the boom. Attach the S hook on the block to the eye on the underside of the boom.

Starboard Backstay Shroud eyes Shroud eye

Bow Stern

Fore Aft

Shroud eyes Backstay Port Shroud eye

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Fairlead guide eye

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10. Rigging the Clubfooted Sail: 1. Fore end of sail attaches to eye at mid bowsprit. 2. S hook on block at top of sail connects to spanner 9. Gaff Sail (Keeper): Pass the long wire hooks on fore. both spars of the gaff sail through the sets of twoe 3. Run the sail line down the mast to eye at fore eyes at the top of the mast and on the main sail of maststep. spar. Pass the Keeper's line through the fairlead eye 4. Hook unattached end of clubfoot into bowsprit then down the mast. Attach the S hook to the eye terminal. at the port side of the maststep. 5. Attach S hook of the block from deck to eye on clubfoot.

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11. Second Jib Sail 1. Attach the S hook at the fore end of the sail to the 2nd eye on the bowsprit. 2 2. Attach the top of the sail by hooking the S on the block to the eye on the mast above the spreader. 3. Run sail line down mast, connect it to the eye parallel with the boom. Run adjustment device up the line until taut. 4. The middle corner connects to the line from the deck (see next illustration). 12. First Jib Sail 1. Attach the top of the sail (with short line) to the eye at the top of the mast (fore side). 2. Attach the opposite end of the sail to the fore most eye on the bowsprit. Run adjustment device First jib up the line until taut. line Second jib 3. Attach the S hook from the appropriate deck line line to the corner of the sail.

Clubfoot line

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