How to Rig Ropes on the AMF Sunfish Sailboat

Attach your sail to the booms

• 1

  Spread your sail on a flat open area where no sharp objects can cause damage. Lay the booms at the edges of the sail with the grommets--small ring holes.

• 2

  Attach the S hook to the tack grommet--large hole at the corner of the sail-- with Sunfish logo facing the upper boom--the boom without blocks.

• 3

  Connect the opposite end to an eyebolt--a structural tie down to attach cables--which will hold the booms together. Crimp the S-hook with your pliers to close it.

• 4

  Thread an outhaul line--a line which is part of the running rig--through the grommet in the sail. The grommet should be at the outboard end of the upper boom.Cut your line at 1/4 the length of your boat.

• 5

  Feed each end of your outhaul line through the hole in the boom end cap. Secure the line by tying a figure eight at each end.

• 6

  Repeat the same step for the lower boom with your other outhaul line. Make your lines semi-tight.

• 7

  Loop your sail rings into the booms at the padeyes, connecting them in a similar fashion to hanging a shower curtain.

Rigging your boat

• 8

  Remove the clevis ring and pin--fasteners-- from the mainsheet swivel block. Attach the block to the boat placing the block the deckstrap of the cockpit at the forward end.

• 9

  Replace the pin and ring to its original position.

• 10

  Use your line to tie one end of the mainsheet traveler--a line used to adjust the shape of the sail--to the mainsheet hook at the block. Thread the opposite end of the mainsheet traveler through the two blocks at the lower boom.

• 11

  Continue threading the mainsheet traveler through the mainsheet block tying a figure eight knot at the end.