I've done a lot of summer-ish sailing in Sunfish for the past few years (Flying Scots the rest of the year). The sail did have tell-tales pre-installed and there was a small bag with replacement tell-tales. I didn't look carefully but I think that there were no instructions with the sails. I think instalation of the sail is easier than explaining it. The loops are large enough to fit over the boom blocks. The gooseneck does not have to be removed because the two forward-most loops of the "foot" are velcro-ed. Getting the loops over the boom blocks slowed things up a little compared to the spar. Then I worked the spars up the loops, alternating between spar and boom, starting with the aft end of the boom and the top end of the spar, threading the spars through the loops starting at the "tack" of the sail. I used two methods to instal the sails, I think the best way was to spread the new sail out then fold in half so that the spar loops and the boom loops were side-by side. I spread the old sail out on the ground to protect the new sails from the dirt. Although that location was relatively dirty compared to other areas I could have used, it was in the shade. It was a warm and humid day so I did the work in a shady area under a tree. The halyards and sheets were not on either sail sets. One sail went on a naked set of spars (sail removed in the past) and the other on spars with an old sail on it. I installed two of the Intensity 'Loop' sails yesterday.
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