The mainsail has two rows of reef points. The topping lift is combined with a lazy jack system to control the main as it is raised and lowered. The running backstays usually live on the parked position, from where they still give plenty of support to the mast and oppose the pull of the jib luff, and this has the additional advantage that going to windward both runners can be left made up. There are bronze jamming cleats for the foresail sheets, two each side, and the main sheet has a built-in jammer on the lower block. This block slides on a stainless steel horse across the stern, above the tiller.
All blocks are tufnol.
The mast is deck stepped in a stout tabernacle, and is pivoted so that it can be raised and lowered single-handed. It is supported by a forestay to a stainless bow fitting incorporating an anchor roller and the attachment point for the staysail furling drum. All shrouds are adjusted with polyester lanyards, and once set up for the season do not generally need adjusting. At the head of the mast there is a combined tricolour and all-round white light, together with the VHF radio aerial. The masthead light and aerial cables connect to waterproof sockets mounted on the coachroof.