The document provides instructions for rigging a sailboat. It describes tightening the foresail halyard until the luff is tight, then coiling the rope. It also details raising the mainsail by attaching the tack and clew to the boom and gooseneck, then winding the main halyard to lift the sail while placing the cars in the mast track. When finished, both halyard ropes should be coiled.

1. Once this is done continue to wind the foresail sail up until the rope is under a lot of tension.
Have the person on the foredeck check to see that the luff of the sail is not too loose. If it is
loose, continue to tighten the rope until it is satisfactorily tightened.
When done, have the person tailing the rope to coil the rope up. Coiling a rope is done by
turning the rope around the winch thendown to your hand and back up to the winch again,
forming a figure 8.
When finished, take the rope off the winch and bring together the two ends of the coiled
figure 8 rope. Then take the end of the rope connected back to the mast and wrap it around
the coiled rope a few times. Then to finish off the coil, get a bit of the rope and put it through
the eyelet of the coiled rope bringing it over the end and back to the eyelet. Then tuck the
coiled rope under a piece of elastic on the mast.
The winch handle must then be put away and the foresail needs to be furled using the furler
ropes. This is done by pulling one and pushing the other at the same time until the foresail is
completely furled. This keeps the foresail out of the way and prevents it form being
influenced by the wind and moving the boat.
Now get the main sail out of its bag and make sure it is facing the right way to be put up the
mast by checking which end of the sail the cars are on and makesure they are at the mast end.
Then put the sail bag into the forward hatch. When putting the sail bag into the hatch you
will need to get the Velcro strip out of the dillybag and as it will be needed later.
Next unroll the main sail and pull the foot of the main sail over the boom.

2. At this point you need to attach the tack of the main sail to the gooseneckputting the shackle
of the gooseneck through the eyelet of the tack.Alsoget the piece of Velcro and put it thought
the eyelet in the clew end of the main sail and then wrap it around the boom tightly.
Next have someone holding the end of the boom as someone else releases the main halyard
block at the mast. Unclip the main halyard attached at the end of the boom and attach it to the
mast for the time being and so you done lose it. Rest the boom on the ground gently so as not
to damage the boat.
The reefing line which is the line on the under side of the boom, usually closest to the mast
will need to be released.At the end of the boom pull on the rope that has just been loosened
and turn it through the second eyelet up the leech of the mainsail and back down to the boom
wrapping it once around the boom and then tying a bowline knot back around the rope.
Next undo the outhaul on the under side of the boom, this should be the furthest rope to the
boom. Tie a bowline around the eyelet inthe clew of the main sail, then take the main halyard
form the mast and attach it to the head of the main sail.

3. Now take the end of the main halyard and wrap it around a winch, the same way as you did
the foresail. Put the winch handle into the winch as before and prepare to pull up the main
sail.
As someone is pulling up the main sail another person will be required to slot the cars, which
are the little taps attached to the luff of the main sail, into the track of the mast.
In light winds only the large cars attached to batons need to be put into the track. On heavy
days all of the cars should be put in to reduce the load on the sail form the wind.
Before the boom starts to be lifted up close the main halyard block located outward at the
base of the mast.
Once this is done get someone to lift the boom up to make the winch winders life easier and
to make sure the boom doesn’t wave around wildly and hit someone. Then continue to wind
the main sail up until the rope is under a lot of tension. If the mainsheet needs to be released
because it is not allowing the sail to be raised all the way then release it form the cleat on the
deck of the boat.
Turn the winch handle counter clockwise to tension up the luff of the mainsail.Have the
person putting the cars into the track checkif the luff is not loose. If too loose then continue to
tighten the rope until it is satisfactory.
Once this is done, have the person tailing the rope to coil it, same way as done with the
foresail halyard. Then tuck the coiled rope under a piece of elastic on the mast.
Put the winch handle back into its holder, take the slack out of the reefing line and pull the
outhaul on tight.
Congratulations you have successfully rigged a Beneteau!