| Timelines | Sunday through Thursday, 9am to 4pm |
| No. Volunteers Needed - Able Dock | 10 |
| No. Volunteers Needed - Enabled Dock | 10 |
Resources
- Control lines - https://martin16.com/pictures/control-lines
- Mainsheet & Jibsheet - https://martin16.com/pictures/mainsheet-jibsheet
- Mast - https://martin16.com/pictures/mast
- Shroud adjusters - https://martin16.com/pictures/shroud-adjusters
- Mast base - https://martin16.com/pictures/mast-base
- Boom - https://martin16.com/pictures/boom
- Jib boom - https://martin16.com/pictures/jib-boom
- Bilge pump - https://martin16.com/pictures/bilge-pump
- Keel lift - https://martin16.com/pictures/keel-lift
- Rudder & Transom - https://martin16.com/pictures/rudder-transom
- Steering Lines - https://martin16.com/pictures/steering-lines
- Seat - https://martin16.com/pictures/seat
- KAPE Seat - https://martin16.com/pictures/kape-seat
- Rear Seat - https://martin16.com/pictures/rear-seat
- Trailers - https://martin16.com/pictures/trailers
Overview
There are two zones for rigging, Able Dock - ZONE A and Enabled Dock - ZONE B.
| Able Dock - ZONE A | here the lifts are. Boats for sailors that need the transfer lifts will be here. | Sailors in power wheelchairs, or manual wheelchairs. | Assistive devices may be needed which could be windlass, autohelm, sip 'n puff, tiller extension, tiller handle, tiller straps. |
| Enabled Dock - ZONE B | Zone B is where people that are ambulatory that do not need a transfer lift. | Sailors that can walk, may use crutches, have prosthetics | May need chair to sit. May need transfer bench to get in and out of the boat. |
Getting Ready
- Ensure the boat is pointed into the wind, i.e. turn of needed.
- If there is water in the hull, pump it out. Each Martin16 has a built in hand pump.
- Check the inner hull for water by opening the hatch cover on the site and seeing if there is water inside. If so sponge it out.
- Check that the rudder alignment is even.
- Bring all of the sails for your ZONE at once, put each sail bag next to the corresponding boat.
Putting up the sails - jib
- Start from front to back. Start with the jib.
- Attach the shackle from the fore of the jib boom to the jib tack.
- Attach the shackle from the aft of the jib boom to the jib clew.
- Attach the jib halyard to the head of the jib and hoist the jib.
Putting up the sails - mainsail
- Attach the tack of the mainsail.
- Attach the clew of the mainsail.
- Attach the main halyard to the head of the mainsail.
- Insert the bolt rope into the track and hoist the mainsail.
Final Details
- Attach the Cunningham.
- Tighten the boom vang with a slight tension.
- Clip the boom to the outer shroud (sidestay).
- Tidy up the lines - main halyard, jib halyard, control lines, mainsheet/jibsheet.
- Give the boat a wipedown.
- Loop the sailbag on the handrail in NUMERICAL ORDER. You want to ensure they can be found afterwards.
ZONE A - INSTALLING WINDLASS AND/OR AUTOHELM
Prior instruction is needed for these installations.
