Sobstad XVS Sailing guide and Preventive Maintenance

1. Setup of Standing Rigging

a) Shrouds

 

2. Mainsail Setup and Adjustment

a) Mainsheet

b) Main Traveler

c) Outhaul

d) Main Halyard

 

3. Jib Setup and Adjustment

a) Jib Form

b) Backstay adjustment

 

4. Asymmetrical Spinnaker

a) Preparing the spinnaker for a sock

b) Rigging

c) Hoisting

d) Trimming

e) Taking down

 

6. Sail Care and raising main

a) Raising the Main

b) Folding and Storage

c) Cleaning

1. SETUP OF STANDING RIGGING

A) Shrouds

The outer shrouds should be set tight. The inner or diagonal shrouds need to be adjusted so the mast is straight. When sailing the mast should be straight sideways and may have a slight fore and aft bend.

2. MAINSAIL SETUP AND ADJUSTMENT

A) Main sheet

When sailing upwind adjust the main sheet so as to line up the last foot of the top batten with the boom. This means that the bottom batten points to windward. Looking from the bottom up, each batten progressively drops to leeward a little more that the one under it. The top batten is parallel to the boom. To help balance the boat in heavy air, the top batten should twist off a bit to leeward. When reaching or running let out the sail until the forward edge just starts to luff.

Try to keep the boom as close to center line as possible to reduce jib back wind and assist close winded-ness. To reduce heel perform the opposite: ease the boom out from the center line until the amount of heel becomes modest.

B) Main Traveler

Use the traveler to keep the boom close to center line in light air and away from it in a breeze. As the wind gets stronger you can let the traveler car go down until back winding becomes a problem. The main traveler is most useful when reaching to prevent the boom from rising up.

C) Out haul

The out haul should be pulled tight enough to make the foot reasonably taught. The stronger the wind, the tighter the out haul should be.

D) Main Halyard

The halyard should be pulled tight enough to just eliminate any horizontal wrinkles. It need not be over tightened.

3. JIB SETUP AND ADJUSTMENT

A) Jib Form

The jib should be trimmed so that the foot of the jib comes in close to the shrouds at their bases and the spreaders simultaneously. If the foot is too far away from the shrouds and the leech is close to the spreaders move the jib block back. If the foot comes into the shrouds and the top of the sail is very far away from the spreaders, move the block forward. With the jib block in the correct position, the luff of the sail should also luff evenly. In very windy conditions favor under trimming rather than over trimming.

B) Back stay effect on Jib

The back stay tension affects head stay tension directly. An overly loose back- stay implies an overly full jib. Always sail with moderate tension on the back stay.

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4. ASYMMETRICAL SPINNAKER

A) Preparing the spinnaker for a sock

Reach into the sleeve from the bottom all the way to the top and attach the head of the spinnaker to the inside of the sleeve at the top. Pull down the sleeve over the spinnaker making sure that there are no twists in the spinnaker.

B) Rigging

Tie a tack line from the tack of the spinnaker to the forward most point on the bow through a pulley and back to a cleat aft on the boat. Tie the sheet onto the clew and lead it through a block near the after most corner of the boat and to a winch on the leeward side. Make the sheet is outside of everything (lifelines, jib sheets, shrouds, etc.).

C) Hoisting

Attach your spinnaker halyard to the top of the sleeve if you are using the sock. Trim the tack line pulling the whole sleeve to the bow and hoist the sleeve. When the sleeve is hoisted and the tack line is pulled tight, pull the sleeve up and off the spinnaker. Keep the sleeve down haul line tied off to the boat so you don't lose it.

D) Trimming

Trim the spinnaker as you would a jib. The sheet should be eased, but luffing just prevented by this trim. When running loosen the tack line slightly. When reaching tighten it.

E) Taking down

Release the sheet and pull the sleeve back over the spinnaker. When the spinnaker is fully covered drop the halyard and pull onto the boat from the leeward side.

5. SAIL CARE AND RAISING MAIN

A) Raising the Main

Insert the battens and tension fairly hard. Feed the clew fitting into the boom attaching at the clew (if boom has sliding car and pin simply attach clew) then attach the tack. Feed all the slugs or boltrope into the mast and you are ready to raise the main.

B) Folding and Storage

When you fold your sails use large folds and avoid folding in the same place every time. If you flake the main on the boom pull aft on the leech as you make folds corresponding to the luff slugs. Tie with webbing ties and be sure to cover right away. If you have a roller-furling jib make sure it is rolled evenly. The sails will have a longer life if you keep them from the elements when not being used. If you aren't using the boat for a period of time take the sails off, fold up and store inside the boat.

C) Cleaning

At] you may need to do occasionally is rinse off with fresh water and scrub with mild detergent. To dry, hoist in no wind. It's best not to let sails flap, as this will fatigue the material.

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