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Preliminary Sheet Adjustment
Review the radio system instruction manual. Turn on the Tx (transmitter) and the boat. The left control stick on the Tx is for sail control. The smaller "trim lever" is located on the left side of the sail control stick. Confirm that the sail servo turns clockwise when the control stick is moved downwards. If the servo does not turn clockwise, reverse the direction using the "servo reverse" switch on the transmitter for channel #2 Move the control stick and the trim lever all the way down. Reinstall the trimmer arm on the servo. Position arm as far forward as possible at about eleven o'clock. Move the control stick and trim lever full up and down to check movement of the arm. With the stick and trim fully down, apply tension on the jib and main sheets. Position Knot D at the aft pulley by adjusting the control sheet at #3 cleat. Both main and jib sheets run through the port steering wheel. Route the main sheet up through the ¼" metal spiral ring fairlead, aft through the string loop and back to the boom ring used for sheet adjustment. Apply firm tension on the sheet and tie it using Knot B. Turn off the boat and the Tx. Route the jib sheet under the ¼" main sheet fairlead ring, forward between the mast and under the main sail downhaul. Continue forward through #2 Eyelet, up through the jib boom string loop and forward to the boom ring. Tie the sheet so the aft end of the boom is about 1 ½ inch from the mast.
For Removable Rig,
Tie small loops in the both sheet ends and hook them into the snaps.
Final Sheet Adjustment
Turn on the Tx and the boat. With the sail control stick and trim fully down, tighten the main sheet by sliding the boom ring aft. Readjust the jib sheet using the boom ring so that the end of the boom is 1½ inches from the mast. Apply side pressure to the main boom and position the trim lever until the boom end is over the deck edge. That is a good setting for sailing to windward. Moving the control stick and trim fully up should let the boom out to touch the shrouds.
Turn off the boat and the Tx.
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