Nyack Boat Club Ideal 18 Rigging Procedure 1. Remove jib sock (clip spinnaker halyard to mast ring) 2. Unscrew bow chalks 3. Remove mainsail cover 4. Remove tiller tie-down 5. Uncoil main sheet and ease significant amount 6. Ease boom vang and cunningham 7. Ease mainsail halyard (slowly!) lowering boom 8. Connect mainsail halyard to head of main sail 9. Remove sail ties 10. Raise main sail 11. Remove mooring lines, thread tall boy through both and clip to itself 12. Screw bow chalks closed Reefing (12+ knots) 1. Before raising main sail, pass reefing line through aft reef point (4 feet up leech of main sail), and tie a bowline around the boom 2. Pull cunningham from lower grommet and pass through ring 4 feet up luff of main sail on starboard side. Return this line through the jam cleat but leave it loose for now 3. Raise main sail until boom lifts off deck 4. Pull reefing line tight so grommet of sail is as close to the boom as possible. (You may need to lower the main sail some at this point.) 5. Pull main halyard until boom is parallel with water 6. Pull cunningham (now your forward reefing line) tight 7. Roll excess sail material and secure with sail ties through small grommets in sail 8. Do not forget when releasing the reef to ensure a stopper knot is tied in the end of the reefing line! Nyack Boat Club Ideal 18 Derigging Procedure 1. Unclip jib clew shackle and furl jib tightly (keep some tension on jib sheet while you furl, it also helps to sail downwind). Do this before you moor the boat 2. Approach mooring head-to-wind and secure at least one mooring to bow cleat, passing it through the bow chalk as soon as possible 3. RELEASE THE OUTHAUL! 4. Lower the main sail into the cockpit 5. Clip main halyard to back of boom and bring boom up, parallel with the water 6. Flake and tie down main sail using 3 sail ties - battens should be parallel with boom 7. Cover jib attaching spinnaker halyard to jib sock 8. Secure jib sock with downhaul 9. Cover mainsail (starting with zipper) 10. Secure tiller 11. Open scuppers 12. Ensure mooring lines are properly attached i. One mooring pennant passes through bow cleat and then wraps over it ii. Second mooring pennant sits on top of bow cleat iii. Tall boy clipped to top pennant and placed in the cockpit iv. Mooring lines pass through bow chalks 13. Coil lines and ensure they are not resting on the cockpit floor 14. Tension & cleat main sheet, boom vang, and twings 15. Call for launch (Channel 9) Don’t forget your radio as well as any trash you may have stowed in the spinnaker bag .