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[quote=nacra55]I'm with Philip, leave the mast rotation alone if your new to the boat. Forgetting to uncleat it in a jibe can be very bad as Dogboy said.

That said, the rotator arm should point [u]forward[/u] and be rigged to cleat on the high side, it's a boomles rig.

Rigging the rotator: On the windward side there should be an eye strap in front of the cleat toward the mast. The rotation line dead ends there with a stopper knot, go thru the eye strap toward the mast, thru the hole of the rotator then back to the cleat on the windward side. Then across the tramp and tru the cleat, to the rotator then back to the eyestrap and dead ends with a stopper knot.

If you have the triangular rotator, the line should go from the eye strap forward and across the mast to the hole on the far side of the rotator arm.

Some sailors hang a pair of single blocks off the rotator so the line runs smother.

Sheet tension is key for flattening the main and most of the time there is no need to use the rotation upwind. In choppy seas, you can use the rotator to lock down the mast so that it won't rotate (not shake the air out of your sails). Down wind you can induce rotation so that your mast has a smother entry into the wind by rotating the mast to 90  degrees, but don't forget its on when you jibe. The heavier the air the more damage.[/quote]

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