Ready-To-Sail Seafarer 26 with 10hp 2-stroke Mariner Outboard

General
The Seafarer Yacht has been carefully designed and constructed to offer the best standard of value in the industry. The sailboat is equipped with marine head, stove,bbq, radio,depth finder and remote-steering 10 hp 2-stroke Mariner outboard motor. The sailboat can be sailed by one person. The cabin is spacious and adults can stand inside the cabin so that the habitable sailboat can be enjoyed as a floating cottage/caravan.

 

The sailboat is moored at Fifty Point Marina ( http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/fifty-point-conservation-area ) at Stoney Creek (Hamilton) on Lake Ontario.

 

Standing Rigging
If your Seafarer is to be shipped to you the standing rigging will be labelled and shipped in the rigging box inside the boat. Familiarize yourself with all parts before you start.

Connect the jaw ends to the mast using the clevis pins and cotter pins which are provided. The shrouds go to the tangs port and starboard, the forestay goes to the middle hole at the forward side of the masthead, the backstay goes to the aft hole at the aft side of the masthead. Connect the eye ends to the turnbuckles. Before stepping the mast remove the cotter pins from the turnbuckles and fully open them. Check the mast lights to make sure they operate.

Step the mast and connect the turnbuckles to the chainplates (single lower shrouds forward, upper shrouds aft). Adjust rigging tension by tightening the turnbuckles. When tuned, the forestay and backstay should be tight with the mast raked slightly aft. On the Seafarer 24 the backstay tension is adjusted by means of a backstay adjuster which is shackled to each part of the divided backstay port and starboard and is tightened by using the pennant provided. The upper shrouds should be moderately tight and the lower shrouds looser. This is so that when the boat heels, tension is put on the windward shrouds and as the shrouds stretch slightly the mast will be straight and both shrouds will be equally tight.

Since every skipper's tuning preferences are different Seafarer does not attempt to tune the standing rigging on boats delivered sailaway and cotter pins are provided seperately for you to use after you have tuned the rigging to your satisfaction.

Put cotter pins in the turnbuckles after they are adjusted. Do not sail the boat unless the cotter pins are in place. Wire rigging will stretch and for this reason check the tension on all rigging periodically and adjust as necessary. Be sure you use chafing tape on the spreader ends to acoid damaging the genoa. You should also use tape on the turnbuckles to avoid damage from the cotter pins.

If your Seafarer is to be shipped to you all the running rigging will be labelled and shipped in the rigging box in the boat. If sailaway the main and jib halyards, boom lift, downhaul, main sheet, spinnaker halyard, spinnaker lift and flag halyard are installed; the rest are labelled and loose in the boat.

Before stepping the mast install the main and jib halyard blocks in the holes in the masthead forward and aft closest to the mast tube, using the shackles provided. Lead the wire part of the halyards through the blocks with the shackle ends away from the mast tube (if jib roller furling is installed reverse the lead through the jib halyard block), then lead the main halyard to the cleat on the starboard side of the mast, lead the jib halyard to the port cleat. Install the boom lift shackle (up to 31') or block (34' and over) in the center aft hole in the masthead. Lead the lift through the shackle or block (shackle end away from mast tube) and down to the cleat on the aft starboard side of the mast (below the main halyard cleat). Install the spinnaker block, if provided, through the hole furthest forward in the masthead. Lead the halyard through the block then down to the cleat on the forward startboard side of the mast (above the main halyard cleat). Lead the spinnaker lift through the fairlead (up to 26') or block (28' and over) provided on the mast (shackle end at top) then down to the cleat on the forward port side of the mast opposite teh spinnaker halyard cleat. If a mastead flag halyard is provided (standard equipment on 34' and over) lead this through the eye at the top of the mast to starboard and down to the small cleat to starboard above the main halyard winch.

When the mast is stepped install the boom on the mast and connect the boom lift to the lift tang at the aft end of the boom. Connect the main sheet boom block to the main sheet tang at the aft end of the boom and the main sheet deck block to the main sheet deck eye (or mainsheet traveller eye, if installed). On the Seafarer 24 if a traveller is not installed the main sheet is attached to the main sheet bridle. The bridle is shackled to the backstay chainplate eyes P/S. Lead the mainsheet through its blocks and hold tight using the jam cleat on the deck block.

The outhaul is shackled to the eye at the aft end of the boom and leads through the clew eye on the mainsail and back to the cleat on the boom. The downhaul block is shackled to the eye under the gooseneck. On boats up to 26' tie a knot in the end of the outhaul line, lead it through the center of the downhaul cleat, up to the block and down to the cleat. On boats 28' and over the downhaul goes from the becket on the gooseneck block, down to a cheek block, up to the gooseneck block and down to a cleat.

Yawl/Ketch Rigging
To rig the mizzen mast first connect the jaw ends of the mizzen shrouds to the tangs on the mizzen mast port and starboard (upper shrouds to upper tangs), using the clevis pins and cotter pins which are provided. Connect the eye ends to the turnbuckles, remove the cotter pins from the turnbuckles and fully open them.

Before stepping the mast install the mizzen halyard block in the eye strap at the aft starboard side of the mast top. Lead the mizzen halyard through the block and down to the cleat on the starboard side of the mast. Lead the mizzen boom lift through the block provided at the aft port side of the mast top and down to the cleat on the port side of the mast opposite the halyard cleat.

When the mast is stepped connect the mizzen shroud turnbuckles to the chainplate eyes on deck (upper shrouds to aft chainplates port and starboard). Tighten the turnbuckles so that the upper shrouds are moderately tight and the lower shrouds are slightly tight. Install cotter pins in turnbuckles after they are adjusted.

Install the boom on the mast and connect the boom lift to the lift tang at the aft end of the boom. Connect the mizzen sheet boom block to the mizzen sheet tang at the aft end of the boom and the mizzen sheet deck block to the mizzen sheet deck eye. Lead the mizzen sheet through its blocks and to the cleat on the underside of the boom. Connect the mizzen boom downhaul to the eye under the gooseneck and lead down to the cleat at the aft side of the mast. The mizzen outhaul is shackled to the eye at the aft end of the boom, it leads through the clew eye on the mizzen and back to the cleat at the aft end of the boom.

Outboard Engine
Outboard engines are dependable if the manufacturer's recommendations are followed. Keep a spare set of spark plugs handy to use if the engine does not start promptly. A wrench is supplied for this. Be sure to use a small grease gun frequently on all grease fittings.

Retract the engine out of the water when not in use to avoid resistance while sailing and fouling when moored. The Seafarer Instantilt well (available on Seafarer 23', 26', 28', and 31' models) has been engineered to make this easy. The engine is entirely hidden in the hull and protected by self-closing contour doors when not in use.

Always keep the boat level when underway under power! Excess power will cause the stern to squat and will not increase speed.

Please note if your Seafarer is delivered with an outboard engine that there will be no fuel in the tank.

Seafarer yachts (except for the Seafarer 24) do not require long shaft engines, standard shaft length is correct. Instantilt wells require that the engine be adapted to suit the well. A kit is available for this purpose. The Seafarer 24 requires a long shaft engine but no other adaptation.

Stoney Creek (Hamilton)
Winona, Ontario L8E 3L8