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    Posted: 01 May 22 at 8:31am
I’m rigging an RS Vision for the first time. The spinnaker tack line emerges from the inboard end of the bowsprit and goes nowhere, just loose around the crew’s feet. Where is it supposed to go? Does it tie off somewhere?

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If it's like a 400, it goes forwards around a block or over the bar that holds the pole down, then back to a cleat.
So pulling the string pulls the tack to the end of the pole, then pulls the pole out.
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No that’s not right, sold mine years ago, enjoy. RS call it a gennaker so worth searching that. There is a great rigging guide but I can’t find it sorry. 
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Originally posted by eric_c

If it's like a 400, it goes forwards around a block or over the bar that holds the pole down, then back to a cleat.
So pulling the string pulls the tack to the end of the pole, then pulls the pole out.


Nah, we’ve got a 400 too and it’s a different arrangement. The 400 tack line goes through a block and cleat. The Vision has nowhere obvious. I guess I’ll just tie it off somewhere and see how it goes

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Try this:
https://www.rssailingstore.com/files//b8dcad5b-5c33-4b20-a06f-ac0e00a9de34/A4%20RS%20Vision%20Manual%20v4.pdf

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I see, however, nothing that shows where the inboard end of the tack line goes. I suppose it comes rigged and they assume no-one will ever remove it. The text suggests it runs somewhere to the starboard side of the mast.



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Originally posted by tink

No that’s not right, sold mine years ago, enjoy. RS call it a gennaker so worth searching that. There is a great rigging guide but I can’t find it sorry. 


I’ve got the rigging guide from the RS website but there’s no mention of it
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Looks like it's a single string system like the 800.
The tack line is pulled by a block on the kite halyard, so pulling the kite hayard shoots the pole out, pulls the tack to the end of the pole in one function involving pulling lots of halyard. So the kite halyard comes out the base of the mast going forwards, around a block on the tack line and back to the cleat. I think some people rig 400s like this too?  Page 23 onwards of the doc Jim linked to.
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Ok, thanks both - I’ll have another look
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The Vision tack line ties off somewhere around the base of the mast. Because we always had tons of issues with poles not running smoothly I tied them off at the toe strap fixing on the port side so you could pull the pole in manually if it decided to not play ball. 
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Originally posted by ClubRacer

The Vision tack line ties off somewhere around the base of the mast. Because we always had tons of issues with poles not running smoothly I tied them off at the toe strap fixing on the port side so you could pull the pole in manually if it decided to not play ball. 


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