Unless there is a shackle on the sheets, use a bowline to tie each to the clew. On your boat, however, the jibsheets may remain on the boat and need to be tied or shackled to the clew at this stage. In most small sailboats, the jib sheets are left tied to the sail’s clew and stay with the sail. The jib sheets are two lines that come back to the cockpit, one on each side of the boat, from the aft lower corner of the sail (the “clew”). The jib sail is positioned while sailing by using the jibsheets. When all the hanks are attached, lower the jib back down to the deck while you route the jib sheets in the next step. Keep working your way down the luff, raising the sail a little at a time to make sure it isn’t twisted and the hanks are all in order. Raise the sail a little more and move on to the third hank. Making sure there isn’t any twist in the sail, attach the second hank. Then raise the sail a little by pulling on the halyard.
Rope attached to clew of sail how to#
It will be obvious how to open the hanks, which are usually spring-loaded to close automatically when released. You will be slowly pulling it in to raise the sail as you hank it on.īeginning with the hank nearest the head of the jib, open it to clip the hank onto the forestay. Hanking on the jib is a simple process, but it can feel unwieldy if the wind is blowing the sail in your face.įirst, find the other end of the jib halyard (on the port, or left, side of the mast as you face the bow of the boat) and keep a good grip on it with one hand. The bottom corner of the luff is called the sail’s “tack.” Attach the grommet in the tack to the fitting at the bottom of the forestay - usually with a shackle or pin. The luff of the jib of a small sailboat can be identified by the hanks every foot or so that attach this edge to the forestay. Then follow the front edge of the sail (called the “luff”) down to the next corner. Attach the jib halyard shackle to this corner, making sure the shackle is closed and secure. The “head” is the top of the sail, where the triangle is the most narrow. At the sail’s end of a halyard is a shackle that attaches the grommet at the head of the sail to the halyard.įirst, spread out the sail and identify each of its corners.
The halyards are used to raise both the jib and mainsail. Before you get started, you have to put them back on (called “bending on” the sails). Because sunlight and weather age and weaken sailcloth, the sails should always be removed after sailing (or covered or bagged on a larger boat).
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