1. A corner patch reinforcement pack is included in the Upgrade Kit. Apply the thick Mylar triangles to each of the six sail corners and trim off the excess.
  2. Cut in half the sticky back Dacron patches shaped like half ellipses to create quarter ellipses.
  3. Apply one of the quarter ellipse patches on each side of the six sail corners. Use care not to exceed the 2½-inch maximum permitted radius rule. Trim the patch on one side of the sail smaller than on the other side. This gradually decreases the stiffness from the corner of the sail outward so the sail sets properly.
  4. Fold circular "sticky dots" in half and apply at each of the mainsail luff holes.
  5. Open all holes in both sails using a heated pin or small nail.
  6. Apply the four mainsail battens equally spaced within ¼ inch along the leach. Battens must be perpendicular to the leach. Use "sticky dots" for reinforcement at the inboard end of each batten.
  7. Before installing the sail is a good time to apply numbers and sail emblems. If the boat will be registered with the national CR 914 Class, do not use the sail number decals in the kit. When the boat is registered, you are issued a legal size printed number and instructions.
JIB
  1. Locate and install the luff tubes as shown above.
  2. Tie the jib halyard to the head of the jib using Knot B. Route it through the hole in the Jumper, part 22; through the bottom two holes of a bowsie; through the forward hole in the Mast Top, Part 20, and then down to the top hole of the bowsie using Knot B. It is useful to position the halyard bowsie lower than the headstay bowsie to easily tell them apart.
  3. Tie the headstay to the extreme forward end of the jib boom using a clove hitch. 
  4. Route the short tail of the hitch through the tack hole of the jib and back to a clove hitch on the boom. Adjust the second clove hitch so the sail lies smoothly, not bunched up toward the headstay. See https://www.rcyachts.com/images/build/Rigging/CR-914%20Building%20Assistance.htm 
  5. Tie the clew of the jib to the black boom ring.
  6. Route the jib tack string aft through #1 Eyelet, and fasten it on cleat #2 using Knot C.
  7. Pass the headstay through all the jib luff tubes; through the hole in the Jumper, part 22; through two holes of a bowsie; through the forward hole in the Mast Top, Part 20, and then down to the bowsie using Knot B.

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