Level 8: Genoa Sail Changes

Bare-Headed Change:

Bring the bag for the old jib on deck and secure it to the leeward rail.  Make sure the zipper is run to the aft end of the bag. Bring the new jib on deck, secure the bag on leeward rail on top of the old jib bag, attach the TACK to the stem-plate.  Release the jib halyard bringing the old jib down on the leeward deck, piling it inboard of the new jib bag.  Bowman goes forward to pull the sail down out of the TUFFLUFF groove.  As soon as he can reach it, the bowman unhooks the halyard from the old jib and hooks on the head of the new jib.   The lufftape is started through the pre-feeder, feeder and into the groove.  The sheets are detached from the clew and bowlined onto the new jib.  As soon as the bowlines are completed, hoist the new jib.   Trim lead cars and the sail.  Stow the bag for the new jib below (run the zipper aft and fold from fore to aft).  Flake the old jib into its bag, detaching the TACK from the stemplate and stow it below.

Inside Hoist/Outside Drop (IH/OD):

Used when on Starboard tack and jib in Port slot OR on Port tack and jib in Starboard  slot.  Bring the new jib on deck and secure the bag to the leeward lifelines.  Attach the Tack to the stemplate.  Attach windward halyard (stored at mast base) to the head of the jib.   Make sure the bag zipper is 'peeling' and feed the jib lufftape through the pre-feeder, feeder and into the unused groove, pull the slack out of the halyard so the head is 3-4 feet into the TUFFLUFF.   While this happening, untie the lazy sheet and if required (change from Genoa to jib or vice versa) bring the lazy sheet over to the windward rail and reeve it through the proper fairlead.   Bowline the lazy sheet to the new jib. Using a changing sheet, reeve it through the proper fairleads and bowline it onto the CLEW. Lead the changing sheet around the back of the leeward primary winch and cross-sheet it to the windward primary winch.
Hoist the new jib.  Trim the sail on the windward primary. As soon as the new jib is up and drawing, lower the old jib, pulling it under the foot of the new jib and over the top of the life lines.  A quick ease of the sheet will help the crew. As the old jib is coming down, unload the leeward primary winch. As soon as the head comes out of the TUFFLUFF, disconnect the halyard and clip it onto the leeward pulpit ring.  Remove the sheet from the clew of the old jib, run it through the proper fairlead(s) and bowline it to the clew of the new jib.  Load the sheet onto the leeward primary winch and take the load that was on the changing sheet. Disconnect the changing sheet and stow it below. Stow the bag for the new jib. Bring the bag for the old jib on deck and flake the sail into it (stay on the high side if the boat is heeled). Stow the bag with the old jib below.
On the next tack, the bowman will scoot forward to retrieve the spare halyard, now clipped to the pulpit and stow it at the mast base.

Outside Hoist/Inside Drop (OH/ID):

Used when on Starboard tack and jib is in Starboard groove OR on Port tack and jib is in Port groove.   Bring the new jib on deck and secure the bag to the leeward lifelines.  Attach the TACK to the stemplate.   Attach the leeward halyard from the mast base, running it back aft of the leach of the old jib and outside the sail to the head of the jib.  Make sure the bag zipper is 'peeling' and start to feed the jib lufftape through the pre-feeder, feeder and into the groove, pull the slack out of the halyard so the head is 3-4 feet into the TUFFLUFF.
Using a changing sheet, reeve it through the proper fairleads and bowline it onto the CLEW. Lead the changing sheet around the back of the leeward primary winch and cross-sheet it to the windward primary winch. While this happening, untie the lazy sheet and if required (change from Genoa to jib or vice versa) bring the lazy sheet over to the windward rail and reeve it through the proper fairlead.   Bowline the lazy sheet to the new jib.
Hoist the new jib.  Trim the sail on the windward primary winch. As soon as the new jib is up, lower the old jib, watching that it stays on-board and folds if possible.  As soon as the heard of the sail comes out of the TUFFLUFF disconnect the halyard and stow it onto the windward pulpit ring.  Remove the sheet from the clew of the old jib, run it through the proper fairlead(s) and bowline it to the clew of the new jib.  Load the sheet onto the leeward primary winch and take the load that was on the changing sheet. Disconnect the changing sheet and stow it below. Stow the bag for the new jib below. Flake the old jib into its bag and stow the bagged sail below.
Prior to the next tack, the bowman retrieves the spare hapyard from the pulpit and stows it at the mastbase.

Tack Change (TC):

Used only under the same conditions as an IH/OD, except that the boat is tacked allowing for an Inside Drop.  Bring the new jib on deck and secure it to the windward rail.  Attach the TACK to the stemplate.  Attach windward halyard (stored at mast base) to the head of the jib.   Make sure the bag zipper is 'peeling' and start to feed the jib lufftape through the pre-feeder, the feeder and into the groove, pull the slack out of the halyard so the head is 3-4 feet into the TUFFLUFF.
While this happening, undo the lazy sheet from the old jib, refeed it through the fairleads is needed and bowline it onto the clew of the new jib.  Position the windward lead car for the new jib.  Hoist the new jib.  The boat will be tacked a bit slower than normal.  A soon as the old jib is luffing, release the old jib halyard and give a quick tug on the luff at the bow, the sail should tumble down on the deck.  The new jib is trimmed as normal on the leeward primary winch.
Detach the remaining sheet from the old jib, change fairleads if required and bowline it onto the new jib.  Set the now windward lead car to the correct position.  Disconnect the old jib halyardand stow it at the base of the mast.  Bag the old jib and stow it below.  Stow the bag for the new jib below.

Things to watch out for:

Always check aloft to make sure that the halyards are running free.  Before attaching the halyard to the head of the sail, make sure that the sail is not twisted in the bag by following the luff tape from tack to head with your fingers.  Make every effort to keep the sail from dropping outside the lifelines (especially on an Outside Drop).   If the sails are wet and stick together, lift the foot of the inside sail to allow wind to separate them and pull down hard on the luff.

Drill:  On a day of light to moderate breeze, start with the #1Light in the starboard groove and closehauled on starboard tack.  OH/ID to the #1Heavy.  Tack Change to the #3.  OH/ID to the #1Light.  Tack Change to the #1Heavy. Tack. IH/OD to the #1Light.  This drill can be repeated in heavier air using the #2, #3 and #4 jibs.