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Topper Topaz XENON Rigging Instructions

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  • Page 1 Topaz XENON Rigging Instructions www.toppersailboats.com...
  • Page 2 Raising the Mast Position the boat head to wind, away from any overhead power lines or other obstructions. Lay the mast along the centre line of the boat. Un-tape all the ropes attached to the foot of mast. Attach shroud adjusters to the shroud eye each side - approximately the 5th hole down.
  • Page 3 Having pulled the mast upright, secure the forestay around the black furling bar. Attach lowers in to the adjuster plates and tie off on each side of hull. Ensure all Halyards from mast are clear and not twisted or snagged. Attaching the boom and gnav Attach the boom onto the mast with the pin on the lower of the two fittings.
  • Page 4 Next attach the strut to the upper fitting on the mast. Ensure the toggle is correctly orientated. See Selden info sheet. Fix the gnav strut to the carriage on the top of the boom (it may be already attached). Having fixed the boom and gnav to the mast you can thread the gnav control line.
  • Page 5 Attach main Halyard to the end of the boom. TIP: You can tie a stopper knot in Halyard by the mast to support the boom while you rig). Finally you can thread the mainsheet as follows: • Starting from the centre cleat, round the ratchet (remember to check it clicks when the rope is pulled in).
  • Page 6 Then attach the foot of the jib to the Furler at the front of the boat (ensure the Furler is fully wound up). Attach jib head to the swivel on jib Halyard. Tape the split rings without impeding the action of the Furler. Make sure you are still head to wind.
  • Page 7 Raise the jib by pulling the Halyard through the mast until the wire loop appears, then put the hook which is attached to a pulley system at the base of the mast through the loop. Tension the jib by pulling on the pulley system. Attach the clew of the jib to the jib sheets by passing sheets through the plastic eye and tie off.
  • Page 8 Take jib Halyard tail and stow in tidy bag on top of Gennaker sock. The lowers can now be tied off tightly (you will only need to do this the first time you raise the mast) Now you can furl the jib. Make sure the sheets are completely free and pull gently on the Furler line.
  • Page 9 Then back to the spinlock cleat on the port side of the mast. Lead the end down through the block at the front of the centerboard case. Round the back first (i.e. feed forward from the back of block). Then through the eyelet on the deck, then eyelet at the back of the sock. Feed it up the sock to the mouth of the chute.
  • Page 10 Rigging the Gennaker sail Tape over all protruding fittings and fixings around the bow (including the clevis pin and split ring under the roller Furler fitting). The Gennaker is a big sail and if it can catch on anything it will! Pass the overhand knot at the end of the tack line (at the outer end of the pole) through the eye at the tack of the sail (marked "T") and tie a half-hitch, using the overhand knot as a stopper.
  • Page 11 Pass the end through the eye in the bottom ring. Then put one of the red bobbles on the Halyard before you tie the end of the Gennaker downhaul to the webbing eye on the top patch using a bowline. This stops your bowline getting caught in the ring.

  • Page 12: Main Halyard

    Main Halyard Attach foam block to head of sail. Tie off as shown. (TIP: Offset the sail to the port side of the boat to avoid jamming). A good knot for tying the Halyard to the head of the mainsail is a simple half-hitch with a stopper.
  • Page 13 the mast and "sweat it" to get the sail right to the top of the mast. (Hold Halyard just above cleat and pull away from mast at 90 degrees. Recleat. Repeat until sail is hoisted fully.) (TIP: Check the wear on the Halyard regularly, particularly where it goes over the masthead sheave.
  • Page 14 38-39 Having raised the sail, insert the slug at the back of the sail into the track on the boom.
  • Page 15 Take the control line from the sheave in the boom-end fitting and feed through the eye in the sail and back through the pulley in the boom-end. Then via the notch in the fitting underside. Tie a small knot in end.

  • Page 16: Maintenance

    When sailing upwind you will nearly always have the outhaul pulled quite tight but you may wish to loosen it for the downwind legs. You can pre-set the "off" position by tying a large knot (or use a ball) about an inch from the cleat when the foot is pulled tight.
  • Page 17 You can repair small dents by gently warming the hull with a hot air blower (take care NOT to melt the hull); for more substantial repairs refer to Topper International. Check the attachments of all fittings regularly. This is particularly important for fittings screwed on to fixings set in the hull.
  • Page 18 performance. As the wind increases, reduce the power in the mainsail by pulling down on the cunningham progressively until the boat feels comfortable and balanced again. If you have tell tales on the leech, use enough gnav to keep them flying. For very windy conditions flatten the main by tightening the outhaul, tensioning the cunningham further (with a fully-battened sail this has the effect of flattening the sail without pulling the fullness forward and can therefore be used much more than with a...
  • Page 19 will make the mainsail harder to pull across. So be positive and gybe smoothly and at speed. In strong winds you will probably have borne off so that, although the apparent wind still shows a broad reach, you are in fact running directly before the true wind. If you then try to gybe through your normal angle you will gybe on to a reach and be over- powered! So in strong conditions remember to gybe through a smaller angle.
  • Page 20 • Ensure battens are located correctly in batten pockets...

  • Page 21: Rigging Instructions

    Topaz XENON Rigging Instructions For further information (or to order spare parts and accessories), please contact: Topper International Ltd Kingsnorth Technology Park, Wotton Road, Ashford, Kent TN23 6LN Telephone +44 (0) 1233 629186 Fax +44 (0) 1233 645897 email info@toppersailboats.com...