All ropes and lines are colour coded so that the use of each one can be instantly identified in any Challenger. (Rope specifications - Marlow Ropes)
Halyard - White / Blue / Grey
12 metres- 5mm 16-plait Excel Racing. Dyneema core, Polyester cover. Preferred sail attachment uses plastic balls on each end. Make a loop in the end of the halyard, push it through the sail eye (cringle) and push the ball through the loop. Pull tight to jam the ball and fasten.
Kicker (2060mm mast to Kicker boom) - Red
410mm overall- wire strop 3mm dia. 1x19 s.s. wire with T-terminal & hard eye
6 metres- Cascade rope – 3mm Excel V12 Natural or D12 Red cut into 3 sections
4- Ronstan RF20101 20mm ball bearing blocks
1 - Bow shackle 12mm wide x 30mm long (for lower end)
1 - D shackle 12mm wide x 19mm long (for upper end)
4760mm Control line - 4mm Excel Pro pre-stretch (deck to cleat) (for dual-sided control, cleat to cleat = 6160mm)
Outhaul ( 5350mm in-boom + 2800mm from underboom block to cleat) - Blue
1 - 77mm long Open Stainless S Hook
5350mm- In-boom rope - blue 3mm Excel D12
2800mm- Control line - blue 4mm (or 5mm) Excel Pro 16-plait pre-stretch
Tack Downhaul/Cunningham (700mm mast-block + 2300mm block-cleat) -Yellow
3500mm- Yellow 4mm Excel Pro 16-plait pre-stretch
Centreboard up/downhaul (c/board nose to back of cockpit = 1540mm) - White
4.0 metres 5mm shockcord (Blue)
2 - Bullseye fairleads, 9mm opening + 4 - 8x1” csk. self tapping screws
1 - Ronstan RF20101 block or 1 - 45mm dia. S.S. ring for tensioner device
1 - 13mm heavy guage deck clip & 2 self tapping screws
1.0 metre blue 4mm Excel Pro 16-plait(tensioner rope)
3 metres 4mm Excel Pro 16-plait pre-stretch - WHITE (uphaul)
3- Ronstan RF20101 20mm ball bearing blocks(c/board-bulkhead-cockpit side-cleat)
2 - Cam cleats & 4 self tapping screws, attach to cockpit side pads (if not fitted)
Gybing Lines - White
8 metres, 4mm 8-plait burgee or similar soft line attached each side to the front of the kicker boom and led back as a continuous line to the cockpit
Steering lines – Black Vectran or Grey Dyneema
2 x 2400mm- , 4mm Excel V12 Natural
2 - Small plastic balls (1 red, 1 green) Loop of line goes through eye on tiller, ball end goes through loop then pull tight to fasten. Spliced loop on back end, fastened to T-bar by D shackle
Rudder up/downhaul – Red port, Green starboard
3700mm- uphaul- Red Excel Pro 4mm 16-plait pre stretch
4500mm- downhaul-(2:1 purchase using block) Green Excel Pro 4mm 16-plait pre stretch
1 - Ronstan RF20101 20mm block
Mainsheet
14.5 metres 7mm Rooster Polilite or Excel Marstron
Sponson Grab-lines
2 x 1100mm - 6mm Excel Marstron or similar
4 - 13mm dia. heavy gauge deck clips & 8-rivets
2 - 24mm long D-shackles
(Eyes in each end of lines. Back eye goes through deck clip, front through D-shackle)
n.b. front beam bolts are M10x100mm, back beam bolts are M10x120mm
Painter
4 metres 6mm Excel Marstron or similar
Fitting diagrams for some of the more complex setups are available on the next page (To download, click on "Layout Diagrams" above).