Rigging Spinnaker         

Raider Sailboat One Design Class Association              

Step 1: Run the spinnaker halyard (minimum 52' in length) through the block then back down the mast. Step the mast as you normally would.

Step 2: Temporally tie one end of the spinnaker halyard to the bow.

Step 3: Run the other end of the spinnaker halyard down the right side of the mast through the turning block up towards the bow.

Step 4: Run the halyard through the turning block and back towards the back of the boat.

Step 5:Continues the halyard aft under the control lines, through the block attached to the hiking strap eye, through the cam cleat and the eye towards the back of the boat.

Step 6: Once the halyard is through the block, pull the halyard through the launch bag up to the front of the cockpit. The launch bag should be lying on the left side of the cockpit floor. Then tie the small end of the launch bag to the block as close as possible.

Step 7: Secure the launch bag to the sides of the cockpit. The short line goes to the port side (left). Be sure the lines are run under all control lines.

Step 8: This is how the launch bag looks from the port side (left) with the spinnaker halyard exiting the front of the launch bag.

Step 9: Untie the end of the spinnaker halyard that you temporally attached to the bow. Using a bowline attach this end to the top of the spinnaker.

Step 10: Secure the tack line (maximum length 105") to the eye on the bow with a figure eight knot. Run other end through turning block , then back to bow and run through turning block. (be sure both lines are not twisted.)

Step 11: Run tack line aft , make sure it is over the top of all control lines. Secure end to tack of spinnaker using a figure eight knot.

Step 12: Raise the spinnaker about half way by pulling the halyard towards the rear of the boat. The arrow in the photo shows where to pull from.

Step 13: With the spinnaker partially flying (held out) to the port side (left), locate the retrieval point (black arrow).

Step 14: Take the spinnaker halyard end that is coming out of the front of the launch bag and run it through the grommet in the middle of the retrieval point. Tie a figure eight knot on the back side as close to the end as possible to keep the halyard from pulling back through. Be sure that the halyard is run above all lines as it exits the launch bag and attaches to the retrieval point.

Step 15: Run one end of the spinnaker sheet through the grommet in the spinnaker. In this photo the spinnaker is flying on the port side (left), and the spinnaker sheet is stuck through the grommet back to front with a figure eight knot in the end.

Step 16: Take the other end of the spinnaker sheet and run it aft along the port side (left) of the boat, through the swivel block, and through the cam cleat.

Step 17: Run the spinnaker sheet across the stern (back) of the boat. Be sure the sheet is run over all lines and equipment. Continue through the cam cleat on the starboard (right) side, then through the swivel block forward towards the mast.

Step 18: With the spinnaker pulled over to the starboard side, run the sheet through the grommet opposite of the other end. Secure it with a figure eight knot.