Set-up Sailing

07 Feb 2005

**Leigh’s notes on things that need to be done before sailing on Mystere
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Open up and switch on the battery switch in aft cabin to provide power to instrumentation and stereo.

Switch on the stereo and get the tunes going!

Remove dehumidifier and the power lead from the back of the boat to the shore supply.

Lay out headsail sheet ropes making sure that they run through the cars along the side of the boat.

Lay out the spinnaker ropes routing them through the blocks at the rear corners of the boat and with the clip attached to the bow. Make sure that the ropes go around the outside of the mast.

Remove the outboard fuel tank and the life ring from the aft locker. Fit the life ring to the cage on the rear of the boat making sure to loop the string over the GPS aerial.

Drop the engine into the water by flicking the lever on the starboard side of the engine to the horizontal position and then tilt the engine forwards and then lower backwards to put it into a vertical position. Next lower the engine into the water by pulling the black clip upwards on the metal support rig for the engine and carefully lower into place until it locks in position. Make sure that the rope is securely tied around the base of the motor above the propeller and pulled tight and locked off.

Connect up the fuel tank to the outboard.

Bring the head sail on board and place on the foredeck. Locate the top of the headsail and feed through the roller and then up into the “tuff luff”. Connect the halyard to the top of the sail. Attach the base of the head sail to the clip on the front of the foredeck.
Locate the “insert technical word for corner of headsail where the sheets attach here” and tie on the sheets using a bowline. Try to minimise the amount of “tail” on the bowline to keep it tidy.

Bring the main sail on board and feed the runner along the base of the boom. Unclip the sail ties and unroll the main sail over the boom. Feed the runners on the edge of the main sail down the channel in the mast. Once complete fix the mast plate over the entrance to the channel. Clip the mainsail halyard onto the top of the mainsail and take up the slack. Fold the mainsail over the boom and hold in place with sail ties until it is ready to be hoisted.

Attach the outhaul to the end of the main sail and tighten accordingly.

Attach the Cunningham to the mainsail (may have to wait until the main is hoisted though).

Start to outboard and leave running.

Remove covers from the instrumentation on deck and attach the fabric pouches to the deck and bring out winch.