J22 Manual - UCI Campus Recreation
J22 Manual - UCI Campus Recreation
J22 Manual - UCI Campus Recreation
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<strong>UCI</strong> J/22 Sailing <strong>Manual</strong> 12<br />
Raising the Sails<br />
You should spend a minimum amount of time with sails up and luffing at the dock, because sails<br />
wear out from luffing and because you will be blocking the channel so that no other boats can<br />
get in or out. Therefore, you should have your boat ready to go, as detailed above, before you<br />
leave the slip and you should be efficient in getting your sails up and the boat out sailing. It is<br />
easier to leave the dock with the jib down, especially in a southerly wind. The boat sails well,<br />
and you will be less likely to get blown into the dock. You can raise the jib easily once you are<br />
out of the dock area.<br />
Raising the Mainsail<br />
Always raise the mainsail first to keep boat headed into wind.<br />
1. Double check that the boom vang is uncleated and the Cunningham (downhaul) is not<br />
attached.<br />
2. Uncleat and free the mainsheet so that it can easily run<br />
out through the blocks.<br />
3. Lift the back of the boom, to put slack into the<br />
mainsheet and boom vang.<br />
4. Hoist the mainsail with the main halyard by pulling<br />
directly from the mast base or using the winch until the<br />
sail is all the way up. Note: Don’t use the winch handle to<br />
raise the sail since you might over-tighten the halyard and<br />
break something.<br />
5. Have someone on the stern or dock verify that the mainsail is completely raised.<br />
6. Cleat the main halyard by wrapping it once straight around the cleat before starting the<br />
figure-eight pattern to secure the halyard on the cleat. The skipper should do this since<br />
inexperienced people may inadvertently let the sail come down a little while cleating the<br />
halyard.<br />
7. Stow excess halyard below the cabin deck on the port side.<br />
8. Tighten the outhaul and snug the boom vang.<br />
9. Hook the Cunningham hook into the grommet above the tack of the mainsail and set the<br />
tension appropriate for the wind conditions. Note: The Cunningham should be loose in light<br />
winds (perhaps just tight enough to take the wrinkles out of the luff of the mainsail) and<br />
tighter in stronger winds to flatten the mainsail and keep the maximum draft in the middle<br />
of the sail.