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LDC 2000
Rigging Guide
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. 2000 Technical Data
Dimensions of the LDC 2000
3. COMMISSIONING
3.1 Preparation
3.2 Unpacking
3.3 Rigging the Mast
3.4 Stepping the Mast
3.5 Rigging the Gennaker Halyard
3.6 Rigging the Boom
3.7 The Jib
3.8 The Rudder
3.9 The Mainsail
3.10 The Gennaker
3.11 Completion
4. SAILING HINTS
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Launching
4.3 Leaving the beach
5. MAINTENANCE
5.1 Boat Care
5.2 Foil Care
5.3 Spar Care
5.4 Sail Care
5.5 Fixtures & Fittings
6. WARRANTY
7. GLOSSARY OF COMMON SAILING TERMS
8. APPENDIX
8.1 Useful Websites & Recommended Reading
8.2 Three Essential Knots
8.3 How to Rig a Mast-Head Float
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1. INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on the purchase of your new LDC 2000 and thank you for
choosing an RS product. We are confident that you will have many hours of
great sailing and racing in this truly excellent design.
The LDC 2000 is an exciting boat to sail and offers fantastic performance.
This manual has been compiled to help you to gain the maximum enjoyment
from your LDC 2000, in a safe manner. It contains details of the craft, the
equipment supplied or fitted, its systems, and information on its safe operation
and maintenance. Please read this manual carefully and be sure that you
understand its contents before using your LDC 2000. For safety information
concerning the CE certification please refer to the Owners Manual provided
with the boat.
This manual will not instruct you in boating safety or seamanship. If this is
your first boat, or if you are changing to a type of craft that you are not familiar
with, for your own safety and comfort, please ensure that you have adequate
experience before assuming command of the craft. If you are unsure, RS,
your RS dealer, or your national sailing federation – for example, the Royal
Yachting Association – will be able to advise you of a local sailing school, or a
competent instructor.
Please keep this manual in a secure place and hand it over to the new
owner if you sell the boat.
For further information, spares, and accessories, please contact:
RS Sailing
Premier Way
Abbey Park
Romsey
Hants SO51 9DQ
Tel.: +44(0)1794 526760
Fax: +44(0)1794 278418
E-mail: www.info@rssailing.com
For details on your local RS dealer, please visit www.rssailing.com
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2. LDC 2000 TECHNICAL DATA
Length Overall (LOA):
4.44 m
14’7”
Beam:
1.77 m
5’ 9”
Hull Weight:
130 kg
275 lb
Mainsail:
8.66 m²
93.2ft²
Jib:
3.04 m²
32.72ft²
Gennnaker:
10.12 m²
108.93ft²
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3. COMMISSIONING
3.1 Preparation
Your LDC 2000 comes complete with all the components necessary to take
the boat sailing. In order to commission it, you will need the following tools:
Pliers or a shackle key
Small, flat-bladed screw driver
Small Pozidrive screwdriver (PZ 2)
8mm Spanner
PVC electrician’s tape
Whilst your LDC 2000 has been carefully prepared, it is important that new
owners should check that shackles and knots are tight. This is especially
important when the boat is new, as travelling can loosen seemingly tight
fittings and knots. It is also important to check such items prior to sailing
regularly.
3.2 Unpacking
Having unpacked your LDC 2000, you should check that you have all of the
items listed below before throwing away any of the packing, as there may be
some small items still wrapped.
1 x LDC 2000 hull
1 x mast
1 x boom
1 x rudder and rudder stock, with tiller extension
1 x main sail
1 x jib
1 x gennaker
1 x rope pack – consisting of:
DO NOT use a knife or other sharp object to cut through packaging containing
parts – you may damage the contents!
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Hull
Mast
Boom
Mainsail
Rope pack
Sail Numbers
Owner’s Manual
Rudder Assembly
Sail Numbers
Owner’s manaul
Jib Sheet
Spini Sheet
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Trapeeze
Shrouds
3.3 Rigging the Mast
To complete this section you will require:
The mast
A flat-bladed screw driver, pozidrive screwdriver and a 8mm spanner
Fitting the Spreaders
It is worth taking time to ensure that this section is completed correctly.
Improperly fitted spreaders will result in strange sailing characteristics, and
may even result in failure of the mast.
1. Carefully unpack the spreaders from the top of the mast, being sure not
to damage or lose any of the securing split rings.
2. Unwind the shrouds and forestay from around the mast, and unwrap
from the packaging.
3. Connect
the
Shrouds to
the lower
key hole in
the mast
4. To fit the spreaders
inboard end, refer to the
table below and the Selden
Vernier Adjustment
Instructions page.
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Note: This is a starting place for rig settings. It will provide the mast with
sufficient support for general sailing. Contact Class Association members for
more detailed settings for racing.
5. Adjust the
spreader
outboard end
and shroud
according to the
table and the
Selden
Instructions
page.
6. Finally, tape up all the
securing pins and rings
both inboard and outboard
to prevent them from
being damaged, or from
damaging the gennaker.
7. If a trapeze pack is to be fitted. Connect the wire T terminals to the
upper key hole in the mast now before you step the mast.
Class
Bracket Connection Pin
Outer End
Primary
Adjuster
End cap pos’n
Wire Dia.
Visible Holes
LDC 2000
Aft
1A
Aft
3.0mm
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Vernier Adjust Spreader Instructions
595-478-E
Date:01.07.14
Attachment of Spreader.
Primary Pin: Fit down through the bracket’s primary hole and the Fwd or Aft
spreader hole as required.
Adjuster Pin: Fit down through a hole 1 to 4, and through A to C or through a hole 5 to 7,
and through D to E.
Please see the table on the previous page for the specific positions.
Spreader Ends
Spreader End Cap:
The spreader end cap incorporates two shroud wire slots to give a tight grip on either 2.5 or 3mm wire. The
sizes are identified on the front face of the end cap (See diagram above). To find which wire slot you
require for your mast, please see the table below.
The end cap can also be rotated so that the shroud can be positioned at either the forward or aft position of
the spreader end (see diagram above). To find out which position is required for your mast, please see the
table below.
To attach the shroud, slacken the end screw, rotate the end clamp if necessary, then insert the shroud.
Ensure that the shroud is tensioned between T-Terminal and spreader tip, then tighten the screw firmly.
This method “locks in” the dihedral angle.
Length Adjustment:
The position is described by the number of adjustment holes visible (e.g. In the diagram above there are 1
½ holes visible). Please see the table above for your class specific positions.
Security
All clevis pins must be fitted with the flat head on top, and locked with a split ring. Tape all split rings, pins
and the outboard end of the spreader extrusion. This will reduce chafe on the mainsail and prevent flailing
sails/halyards becoming damaged.
Self-amalgamating tape is best, but pvc electrical tape is an adequate alternative.
Forward position
Aft position
2.5 3.0
Rotate as
necessary
(see Table)
C
D
Fwd
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3.4 Stepping the Mast
Before stepping the mast, familiarise yourself with how the “foot” (bottom end)
of the mast will fit into the “step” (fitted to the boat).
The mast foot has two rectangular blocks on the bottom, separated by a
groove. Both of these blocks will fit between the bolt at the front of the mast
step, and the bolt at the back.
Picture 3.3 The Mast Step and Foot
Picture 3.4 The Mast Foot Correctly Located
WARNING
Before stepping the mast, check that you
are not in the vicinity of overhead power
cables.
WARNING
Do not tow your boat behind a car with
the mast up
WARNING
The 2000 must not be sailed with tension on the forestay. Rig tension must be taken on
the jib before the hoisting the main sail as the forestay is only designed to support the
mast when the boat is in the dinghy park.
Mast Step
Mast Foot
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You will need two people to step the mast as one will need to hold the mast
upright while the other connects the Shrouds and Forestay.
Stepping the Mast
1. Secure the forestay to the boat by passing the white line through the
small eye on the port bow. Bring the line back up to the eye in the wire
pass it through the eye and secure with a couple of half hitches around
the rope cascade.
2. Ensure that the mast step is free from any blocks or rope that will
prevent the foot engaging with the step.
3. Remove the pins from the shroud verniers and put in a safe place close
to hand.
4. The stronger of the two people should lift the mast vertically (watching
out for overhead obstructions). And stand alongside the boat next to
the mast step.
5. Hold the mast in its
vertical position and lift it
over the gunwale and
correctly position the
mast foot in the mast
step.
6. The second
person should
now fix the
shrouds to the
verniers using
the pins and
split rings that
were removed
in step 3. Use the 3rd hole down on the back of the vernier.
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7. Tighten the forestay and secure as
shown
3.5 Rigging the Trapeze
Note: The LDC 2000 Trapeze pack is not standard fitment and its use
whilst racing is currently not sanctioned by the 2000 class association.
1. Fit the trapeze T terminal into the highest position on the mast above the
shrouds.
2. Make sure the wires hang on the cockpit side of the spreaders.
3. Remove the Spinnaker ratchets and their shackle from the shroud U bolt.
REMEMBER
If the wind is blowing, there will be a lot of
pressure at the top of the mast making it wave
around. Consider finding additional people to
help you if you feel you will struggle!
REMEMBER
Check that both ends of the main halyard, jib
halyard, and gennaker halyard are tied off at
the bottom end of the mast so that they are
within easy reach when the mast is stepped.
The lowers must be fitted before the trapeze is used.
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4. Apply the Grip tape to
the gunwale edge. Start
approximately 200mm
in front of the shrouds.
Before fixing in place
and make sure the area
is clean and dry.
5. Fix the larger Bow shackle
(provided in the Trapeze pack)
to the Shroud U bolt. Make
sure the lower shroud is
attached before inserting the
pin and tighten.
6. Reattach the spinnaker sheet ratchet to the new Bow shackle.
7. Locate the two pieces of
elastic in the pack and
attach them to the ‘P’
clip on the tack bar
8. Pass the free end of
the elastic through the
new Bow shackle fitted
to the shroud U bolt
(cockpit to gunwale
direction) and tie a
Bowline.
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9. To attach the
trapeze ring to
the elastic. Pass
the loop through
the eye at bottom
of the block.
10. Loop the elastic over the metal
trapeze ring and pull tight.
11. Tie two stopper knots in the tail of the
adjusting rope approximately 150mm
apart
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