Abstract: Tackle is provided to enable control of sail outhaul with one hand, while holding a windsurfing sail rig with the other. To avoid the use of jam cleats, pulleys and bungies, 3:1 ring cinches are used. A 3:1 ring cinch assembly is attached to right and left booms of the rig's wishbone boom. These are then attached to the ends of a clew line, which is part of 2:1 tackle from the boomtail to the outhaul grommet at the clew of the sail. The cinch line has four parts: (1) an anchor-part for a ring and a finder tab, (2) a pull-part for increasing sail outhaul, (3) a release-part for decreasing sail outhaul and (4) a cinch-part for pinching two cinch rings against the release-part while sharing the outhaul load with the pull and release parts. Through rigging geometry, the ring cinch pinch provides a self-energizing lock on the cinch line such that no slip can occur without a positive pull on the pull-part or release part.

Abstract: An improved hoisting apparatus for a sailboard rig of the type which is attached to a sailboard with a universal connection, the improved hoisting apparatus comprising a hoist pole with a bottom end and a top end, an attachment connecting the bottom end of the hoist pole to the mast to provide pivotable and rotational movement of the hoist pole with respect to the mast, a halyard including first and second tension members extending from the top end of the hoist pole, the first tension member connected to the boomhead, the second tension member having a graspable end portion for exerting a force on the hoist pole to hoist the rig, and elastic cord members connected to return the hoisting apparatus to a stowage position when the graspable end portion is released.