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Raise the mainsail and sheet in hard before setting jib tension. If you set the jib tension without doing this the jib will take up the slack in the rigging. Then when you get on the water and sheet in hard on the main the loads will go through the jib instead of the forestay. The H18 jib and haylard can't handle these loads and you will break something, I know i did.
On a H16 the jib has a steel cable sewn into it to carry the load, and while sailing it acts as the forestay.
One trick that I use on my 21SC and H18 is to leave the jib furled around the forestay when I lower the mast. I store the furled sail coiled up like a snake, including every part from the pulley at the top just below the swivel to the furling drum. This saves you the time of raising the jib and setting jib luff tension every time you go out. You may find you need to run slightly looser luff tension to make it easier to attach the bridal wires when you step the mast as the luff tension tends to pull slack into the forestay while it is off the boat. I run just enough luff tension to pull out all the wrinkles.
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