The rigging
by Jake on Jul.11, 2007, under One Meter
The mast and sail rigging is complete now and the only lines left to run are those to the main winch servo. I hope to work on re-installation of the deck hardware this evening. The main sail and jib sail clew attachments to their respective booms is done by means of a rubber grommet that tightly fits the .25″ carbon fiber boom. They fit tightly enough to not move under line pressure but you can slide them up and down the boom manually to adjust the angle of the clew attachment for better sail shape control. The jib tack is tied in place to the leading edge of the boom, but the head has a tension adjustment on it. As for the main, I have temporarily tied the main downhuaul in place but will work out some sort of adjustment on this in the future.
The vang worked out particularly well and the carbon fiber bowsie presents a great deal of “bling”. All long line terminations at this point are neatly spliced – no knots unless they are on extremely short lines (like the ones holding the main sail to the mast or the ones wrapping the grommets).
