CII Rigging suggestions

This mini-manual uses photographs of the final prototype sail and the final pre-production mast.Where changes occurred between these and the production units, they are described belowThe sail needs to be hoisted very near to thesheave so do not tie a long bowline in the hal- yard. Do a single overhand knot then follow with another overhand as shown. The final sail hasa grommet in thehead instead of the tape (see at right) and you should still use this knot.Feed the bolt rope in from the side of the goose-neck. The feeder has been placed very close to the gooseneck because the tack of the sailneeds to be held against the mast to take thetension load from the outhaul. The feeder in the picture was a little too close, making the hoisting difficult and it has since been raised one inch. A little sunscreen lotion on the bolt rope, or sailtrack marine lubricant, greatly eases the hoisting opera-tion. Hoist the sail until the top of the head is even with the top of the black laminate. See above. For every 1” you are lower, the bottom block of the cunningham will travel 4” lower until,finally, it will hit the deck before the cunninghamis fully tightened. The cunningham is the accel- erator on the CII and you MUST be able to tighten it completely to fully depower the sail. Once the sail is set up on shore, sheet the mainin lightly and cleat it. Now pull on the cunning-ham and observe the mast bending in response, the main flattening out and the complete lack of tension in the leech because there has been no mainsheet or vang tension applied. This meansthat it will open easily and quickly in response tothe wind pressure. If you need more power, just release the cunningham.