Running rigging

Halyards: Rope or a combination of rope/wire for hoisting sails. Seldén normally colour-codes the halyards as follows:• Genoa halyard: Blue • Main halyard: White • Spinnaker halyard: Red before tensioning the luff. If the sail is hoisted firmly before the forestay is tensioned, this may put excess strain on the halyard, halyard swivel (if a jib furling system is used) and sail. Prevent over-tensioning of the genoa halyard The forestay must be properly tensioned each time the sail is hoisted. You should therefore tension the backstay and any running backstays Genoa/jib sheet: Outhaul: Used to adjust the foot of the mainsail. Line for sheeting the foresail. Led via fairleads/deck blocks to sheet winches. The location of the deck blocks can usually be altered fore-and-aft, depending on how you want to trim the sail. Mainsheet: Preventer guy: Tackle for sheeting the mainsail. Attached to the end of the boom (end-sheeting) or further forward on the boom (centre-sheeting). The lower part of the main- sheet is usually fitted to a car which runs on the mainsheet track. The car’s position on the track depends on how you want to trim the sail. Used to prevent accidental gybes. Attached to the outer end of the boom, and led forward to a cleat or led via a snatch block on the foredeck, then aft to the cock- pit. The preventer guy must not be fitted to the centre of the boom since that could cause damage, especially if the end of the boom goes into the water as a result of rolling.
When connected, tension the bow line. Secure it to a bow cleat, or a cockpit cleat via a turning block. To facilitate the use of a preventer guy, a rope strop can be fitted per-manently between the end fitting of the boom and the kicker slider. Tie the strop to the end fitting. The forward end has a spliced eye and a “guardrail” type lashing. When not in use, the lashing is tensioned to take up the slack. 10