Trailer yoke assembly front - (1) rubberized aluminum.
Racing numbers
LS-13 Class registration
Warranty packet
Sailing primer booklet
Items to be found in small bag:
Shackle - (1)
Clevis pin - (3) 25/64" dia. 1/2" long
Keeper rings - (3) 9/16" dia. coiled wire
Cotter pins - (3)
Fixed shackle block - (2)
Swivel shackle block - (1)
1/4 x 20 x 1 machine screw (2) for bow trailering yoke
1/4 x 20 nut - (2) for bow trailering yoke
Shroud or stay adjuster - (3)
Study Drawing Figure 6 to become familiar with the location of
the different parts of the boat before attempting to do any
rigging. Read the instructions below completely before you begin
assembly.
PREPARE THE MAST FOR STEPPING
A.
Secure wire shroud to the tangs (metal straps) on the side
of the mast using the clevis pins and cotter pins. (See Fig. 1)
Figure #1
B.
Secure jib stay to the top tang of the two tangs located on the
the top of the mast using the same method as was used for the shrouds.
C.
Attach shroud or stay adjusters to eye ends of cables. (See
Figure #2) All three adjusters are identical so it does not
matter to which they are secured. Initially, the cable ends
should be located in the fourth hole from the top, but once
mast is put in place, further adjustments may be made.
(Keeper rings may be used in place of cotter pins for easier
adjustments.)
Figure #2
D.
Attach swivel shackle block (pulley with swivel shackle) to
the tang just below the jib stay tang. Feed the jib halyard
(35' 6" - 5/16" line with attached shackle) through the block
and secure both ends to the cleat on the port side of the
mast near the bottom.
E.
Feed the main halyard (35' 6" - 5/16 line with shackle) over
the mast head pulleys making sure the shackle end is toward
the grooved side of the mast. Secure both ends to the cleat
on the starboard side of the mast.
STEPPING THE MAST
A.
Lay the butt of the mast near the oblong slot forward in the
cockpit, laying the mast on the transom - GROOVE SIDE DOWN.
B.
Ease the butt of the mast into the oblong slot. Raise mast
to vertical position and fit butt of mast onto metal casting
on the floor. Mast groove should now face aft. (See Figure
#3)
C.
Lean mast backward slightly until you are able to secure
spring loaded pins in shroud adjusters through holes in
chain plates (metal strap with hole in it that protrudes
through edge of deck in each side).
D.
Pull jib stay taut and fasten to forward hole in stem head
plate (plate at front of boat). Adjustments may have to be
made by changing holes in the adjusters until correct tension
of cables is acquired. Cables should be fairly tight but
not so tight that there is no play in them at all.
Figure #3
ATTACHING AND RIGGING BOOM
(See Figure #4)
A.
Insert the gooseneck (forward end of boom) onto the track
attached to the mast. GROOVE SIDE UP.
NOTE:
(To do so, you must pull out the locating pin
and allow it to snap in place to the hole in the track.)
B.
Attach the two (2) fixed shackle blocks (pulleys) to
the eye straps on the bottom of the boom.
C.
Using main halyard to hold boom approximately level:
Make end of main sheet fast to eye strap
at outboard end of lower side of boom.
Feed through starboard deck block, across
to port deck block, and up to aft block on boom and
down through floor block. Do not cleat at
this time.
Figure #4
RAISING THE JIB
A.
Identify the front lower corner of the jib (the tack.)
Along with the cable that comes out at the tack, there
are also two small lines. Bind these lines around the
cable and through the loop. By the tension applied to
these lines the shape of the sail can be adjusted.
B.
Using the jib downhaul pennant (15" 1/8" braided line),
secure the cable eye at the jib tack to the fixed shackle.
(This pennant is used so that you can raise or lower the
sail in respect to the deck. This adjustment is used in
racing as wind conditions vary. For the moment, a distance
of five inches from the deck will suffice. Attach a shackle
through hole on plate at the front of deck. (See Figure
#5)
C.
Attach the center of the jib sheet (32 ft. of 5/16" line)
to the lower rear corner of the sail (clew). Run one end
outside the shrouds, through the fairlead jam cleat into
the cockpit. Repeat on other side. Tie a figure eight
knot at each end to prevent the sheet from slipping through
the cleat. Do not cleat jib sheet at this time.
D.
Attach sail to jib stay. Attach halyard to head of sail
and raise sail.
Figure #5
RAISING THE MAINSAIL
A.
Find clew (rear lower corner of sail). Slide bolt rope
(foot of sail) into slot in top of boom.
B.
Secure front lower corner of sail (tack) to front end of
boom with pin assembly on boom.
C.
Tie outhaul pennant (15" of 1/8" line) through the
grommet at the rear end of sail and run through fitting
at end of boom. (Do this two or three times, until the
line is taken up.) Stretch foot on sail lightly and secure
by using half hitches.
D.
Insert battens into pockets in sail (thin end first).
E.
Ascertain that the sail is not twisted. Connect the main
halyard to the top of the sail (head), and feed the bolt
rope into slot on mast as you raise the sail.
F.
Raise sail until it is to the full height of the mast then
cleat the halyard on the starboard side of the mast.
ATTACHING RACING NUMBERS
Your racing number is the last four digits of your serial number
which is located on the stern of your boat on the starboard side.
If the first of the last four digits is a zero, you use only the
last three numbers. The numbers supplied have a treated back
and go on easily. The numbers on the starboard side of the sail
should be located higher than those on the port.
INSERT AND SECURE DRAIN PLUGS
LAUNCH BOAT
After the boat is in the water, put the rudder in place with the
tiller above the the main sheet across the transom and between the
lines to the boom end. Lock rudder down with the swing clip on
the transom. If water is shallow, the rudder blade may be raised
and secured with the line and cleat on the tiller.
Check that the bilgeboard screw tension is sufficient to hold
boards in any position. Leave boards down, or lower boards
and rudder blade as soon as water is deep enough.
YOU ARE NOW READY TO SAIL
GENERAL
The "Minimum" sailing primer should be studied very carefully
if you are a beginner. Once the basic movements are mastered,
there are many splendid books published on racing, tuning and
enjoying your sailboat.
A suggestion as to the use of the twin bilge boards would be:
