HOW TO THREAD A ZERO-DEGREE SAIL PULLEY

Tim Reinieren at 28 July 2015

AVOIDING CROSSED LINES

Many people struggle to thread the downhaul on sails with 0-degree pulleys and achieve correct alignment without crossing over or twisting the line using a standard mast extension with just two or three pulley blocks.

Here’s two clips from our Brand Ambassadors Miriam Rasmussen and Steve Thorp on how to rapidly rig without breaking a sweat! But first, below are a couple of examples of 0 and 90-deg. setups to clarify.

0-DEGREE WINDSURFING SAIL DOWNHAUL PULLEY

90-DEGree WINDSURFING SAIL DOWNHAUL PULLEY

VIDEO: 'TEACH ME TIGER' MIRIAM'S METHOD EXPLAINED

Threading downhaul on 0 degree sail pulley without crossing the ropes. from http://vimeo.com/miriamrasmussen on Vimeo.

VIDEO: STEVE'S SIMPLE SETUP

Note. For a 0-deg. setup, it's even easier to have the stop knot set on the opposite side to the cleat like Steve has above.

SUMMARY

For zero degree and two or three extension pulley wheels: Thread from stop knot to luff side sail pulley groove -> mast side of ext. pulley nearest cleat -> clew side sail pulley groove -> front side of ext. pulley furthest from cleat -> middle of sail pulley -> cleat

For 90-deg. sail pulleys: just use obvious loop-go left-to-right or right-to-left method as demonstrated in this clip:

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