MAUISAILS 07 User Manual

MAUISAILS USER MANUAL

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General Sail Maintenance

Please take extra care to keep your sail out of the sun when at rest or in storage. When the sun penetrates the lm at
ninety degrees to the surface, it’s the most damaging, especially with long hours of exposure. The use of a rig cover will
prevent degradation.

• If you want to clean your sail, use fresh water and mild soap. Do not use harsh solvents or abrasive cleaners.

• Never sail with small holes or tears in the lm portion, since this can easily enlarge the damage.

• Store your sail in the bag, clean and dry, rolled tightly. Try not to crush or crease it.

• For long-term storage, remove the tension on the battens.

Important Details

Batten Tension System

Correct batten tension is
applied by using the
stainless steel Allen key
supplied in the mesh
pouch in the tack fairing.
The screw should be
tightened clockwise to
remove wrinkles in the

Over-tensioning the battens can damage the sail. For travel or long­term storage it’s recommended that tension be eased.

Removal and replacement of battens

1. Release tension with counter-clockwise turns of the tool.

2. Slip string o the tensioner.

3. Remove batten and tensioner.

To reinstall battens

1. Insert batten with tensioner on and the screw out of the piece.
Push the batten in as far as possible.

2. Slip the string up into the tensioner groove and install and
tighten the screw to restore normal batten tension.

pockets.

6:1 Tack Pulley Fitting

Rig your pulley according to the instructions. If you take care
and get this right you will have the minimum of friction and
resistance. If you fail to observe the turning order, you will create
crossed leads and added friction.

You need to have a base cleat with at least 2 pulley’s and a

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cleat. Take your downhaul line from the dead end on your
base to the same side of the forward pulley wheel, feeding up.
Then feed the rope into the pulley next to the cleat from down
to up.

Uphaul Access hole

There is a small opening on the
front of the sleeve near the tack
of the sail to insert your uphaul
attachment. The tensioner
key is stored in a mesh pouch
inside the fairing. This is also
good for containing the tail of
your downhaul rope.

Recommended mast

MauiSails’ testing and development has been done using the
MauiSails SRS Carbon masts. To get the most out of your new
sail, you should use one of these masts. Other masts with similar
diameters and bends will give acceptable but not necessarily
optimum performance.

Adjustable head system.

This is provided to allow the use of longer than recommended
masts. When using the mast of the correct length, pull the tip plug
as low into the sail as possible. To adjust the sail for a longer mast,
set the webbing very long and work the correct length down until
you have the correct downhaul and the pulley is block to block at
the bottom of the extension. You may need to go back up to the
head and make small adjustments to get it right.

Feed the rope up to the pulley wheel farthest from the

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mast (towards the clew of the sail), inserting from the
same side, ie up to down. Then feed the rope back down the
pulley on the base which is farthest away from the cleat, from up
to down. This makes a correct lead with no twist.

Then go up and over the middle wheel and back into

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the cleat. You are now ready to apply downhaul tension.
With some practice you will get this every time and never have
crossed lines.