FJ Rigging Guide

Put the tiller, rudder, and PFDs in the boat. Grab the right rudder/tiller combo to match the color of your FJ's hull.

• White FJs: smaller support bracket and curvy tiller
• Blue FJs: larger support bracket and straight tiller

Make sure centerboard is held tight by the jam cleat so it will not fall when you lift the boat.

If there is water in the boat, undo the drain plug and lift the boat at the shrouds until the transom is off the edge of the dock. Use a carpet at the edge of the dock to protect the boat's fiberglass.

Put the drain plugs in.

Ask your crew to hold the boom while you loosen the halyard so the boom will not drop into the boat.

Lower the boom carefully into the boat.

Tie the halyard's ends together so that it does not get loose and sky at the top of the mast. The ring and a wet halyard together can be enough weight to pull the loose end up out of reach.

• The pin will feel loose until you raise the jib.

Feed the jib halyard through the block at the bottom of the mast. Pull on the halyard until the small block on the halyard is low enough to feed the halyard through.

Secure the jib halyard to the cleat on the mast with a cleat hitch. Make sure not to lose tension as you tie it.

Test the luff tension by pulling on the shroud. It should be tight because the jib is now holding up the mast and the forestay is loose.

Run the jib sheets through the blocks and tie a figure-eight knot at each end. Make sure the sheets stay inside the shrouds.

Locate the tack and clew of the main sail.

• The tack grommet has the small grommet for the Cunningham above it.
• The clew has a large grommet.

Starting at the mast, slide the rubber slug into the boom slot and pull it down to the stern end of the boom. You can optionally slide the entire bolt rope at the foot of the sail through the boom.

Secure the tack by sliding the rubber slug into the mast slot. Pass the outhaul through the clew grommet, then align it in the block on the boom.

Run the outhaul up the boom to the jam cleat near the mast. Push the outhaul into the cleat and tie a figure-eight knot at the end of the line so it can't come out of the cleat.

Untie the main halyard from where you secured it and make sure the end running down the boom side of the mast is not twisted or fouled. Run the halyard through the hole in the head of the sail twice. Secure the halyard with a figure-eight knot and pull it tight to the head plate. Make sure the figure-eight knot has a long enough tail that it will not come loose.

Raise the sail only a few feet and secure the halyard to the cleat on the mast.

Lower the centerboard to stabilize the boat before you step into the boat. Loop the bungee over the horns on the board.

Lower the rudder onto the pins. You may need to push the retaining clip in so the bottom of the rudder does not hang up on it.

Slide the tiller through and make sure it sticks out a little from the back of the rudder. Pull the securing line through the hole in the transom and tie it to the cleat on the tiller with a cleat hitch.

Loop the main halyard under the cleat and pull until the ring is within reach. Pass the halyard through the ring when you can reach it. Tighten down and secure the main halyard onto the mast with a cleat hitch.

Pass the Cunningham through the small grommet above the tack and tighten it down in the mast jam cleat.

Tighten the outhaul and the boom vang more if necessary.

It helps if you roll the jib first. When you are almost done rolling the main, you can place the jib inside it.

Return the sail bag to the shelf in the sail locker.