Reaching Downhaul Systems The luff of both the main and jib should bepulled down tightly to pull all the wrinklesout when navigational. You have to be quitestrong to over-downhaul themainsail, so give ita hard pull. Youcan easily over-tighten the jibdownhaul, so justpull hard enoughto get wrinkles.Notice the diagonalwrinkles in the luffof both the mainand jib. Both sailsshould be down-hauled until theydisappear. The main traveler should be set a few inchesfrom center with the main sheet snug andthe jib sheet slightly looser than used whengoing to weather. This will allow the dis-tance between the main and the jib toincrease. Both sails should be sheeted in sothat both the leeward and windward tell-tales are streaming back. TRAPEZINGLacing the Harness for boats Downwind Using bowlines, tie eachof the lines supplied ontothe bottom inside grom-mets. Lace back andforth loosely and tie ahalf hitch at the top for boats out-side grommets.Put the harness on. Itshould be slightly loose.Most people find a tightlylaced harness uncom-fortable. Slip the web-bing over your head.Feed the lines through the webbing grommetfrom the backside, thenfeed one through eachbackside of top grom-met near hook for boats. Tieends together using anoverhand knot. Do notuse a square knot. Thewebbing over yourshoulders should fittightly. The tighter it isthe more it will supportyour back and shoul-ders. Let the main traveler all the way out to theend of the crossbar and sheet the mainloosely. Do not let the main out far enoughto rub against the shrouds if at all possible.Trim the jib sheet loosely trying to keep thewindward and leeward tell-tales streamingback.If your boat is equipped with a barber hauler,see Section V - Tuning for Performance forinstructions regarding its use. 24