Bow Playbook — Lupo Di Mare

Bow / Foredeck role. Watch system, squall protocol, and safety basics are in Crew Orientation.

TL;DR

Peel-side rule: new halyard pre-rigged on the opposite side of the mast from the active one — verbal port/starboard confirmation before every hoist.
Tack made = physical verification by hand. Say "made" only after seeing the donut seated / Tylaska locked / padeye pinned.
J1/J2/J3 = forestay-track peel. Bolt-rope feeds into the opposite-side groove of the twin-groove foil while the old sail keeps flying.
J4 ≠ peel. Dedicated furler, own halyard (J4 w/lock), 3-to-1 tack line. Pit operates the furl line from the rail just aft of the shrouds — no bow trip for a clean deploy/recover.
Code 67 ≠ peel. Furls on sprit. Pit + cockpit operate; bow only goes forward if it hangs up.
Inside Gulf Stream: tether clipped to jackline BEFORE stepping forward of the cockpit coaming. No exceptions.

Bow Callouts — Atomic, Binary Triggers

Callout	Meaning	When Pit / Trim react
"Made"	Tack positively secured (donut seated / Tylaska locked / padeye pinned)	Pit cleared to hoist
"Halyard tight"	New sail at masthead; halyard locked/cleated	Trim cleared to load sheet
"Clear"	Foredeck clear of personnel and gear	Watch Captain cleared for next maneuver
"Hung up"	Halyard / bolt-rope / sheet not running freely	Maneuver stops immediately
"Drop"	Spinnaker douse — start halyard ease	Pit eases halyard at briefed rate

Do not substitute, abbreviate, or omit.

Watch-On Duties

Inspect foredeck at handoff: bolt-rope feeding cleanly in both grooves of the forestay track foil, tack lines, sprit, Code 67 furling drum, J4 furler hardware, jacklines, lifelines, pulpit hardware.
Confirm the next-likely sail location (forepeak or salon per sail_inventory.md).
Verify Tylaska tack shackle and sprit P/S 2-to-1 tack line are clear; furl line not fouled.
Walk jackline route from cockpit coaming to bow at least once per watch in daylight; identify chafe or twist.
Check headsail luff and both forestay track grooves for free bolt-rope movement.
Be on deck and forward of mast for any peel or sail-change call.
Confirm active A-sail halyard is on the opposite side of the mast from the next pre-rigged halyard.
Monitor nav-light status forward at sunset; report any failure to Watch Captain.

Watch-Off Duties

Sleep — Bow is the highest-physical-load role on the boat.
Before going below: confirm on-watch bow knows where next-likely sail is stowed and whether it is packed-and-ready.
Stow tools and shackles in their dedicated locker.
If a peel is forecast within 2 hours, brief the incoming bow before going below.
Off-watch is NOT off-call for foredeck emergencies — "all hands forward" means Bow is first up.

Sail Change Choreography

Bow's universal rule: verbal port/starboard confirmation before every hoist; physical tack verification before "made"; peel-side rule (opposite-side halyard) on every J-peel and asymmetric peel.

Per-maneuver bow detail

J-sail peel — J1↔J2↔J3 only (J4 is its own furler):

Pit pre-rigs secondary J-halyard on the opposite side from the active halyard (peel-side rule).
Bow goes forward, clips in, brings new sail to foredeck in its bag.
Feed new sail's bolt-rope into the opposite-side groove of the forestay track foil from the sail currently flying.
Confirm the hydraulic tack "white donut" stop is positively engaged on the new sail.
Call "hoist" to Pit; feed bolt-rope into groove as sail rises.
Confirm "halyard tight, sail made" with Pit when new sail is at masthead and halyard locked.
Once Trim has sheet load on new sail, drop old halyard, drop old sail to deck, pull bolt-rope cleanly out of groove, bag and clear.

J4 deploy/furl — its own furler, no peel:

J4 lives furled on its dedicated furler with own halyard (J4 w/lock) and 3-to-1 mechanical tack line. Does NOT run up main forestay track.
J4 furl line terminates on the rail just aft of the shrouds — does NOT lead aft to cockpit.
Deploy: confirm sheet load is on; Pit (at rail just aft of shrouds) releases J4 furl line under control. Bow confirms furler drum and tack hardware are clear before unfurl; clears any fouling if it hangs up.
Recover: ease sheet; Pit takes strain on J4 furl line at rail just aft of shrouds and rolls sail back up.
J4 ↔ J3 transition is two operations: J3 drop/hoist on forestay track + J4 furl or unfurl. Sequence with Watch Captain.

Asymmetric set (A1-1, A1.5-1, A2-1, A3, A4 — all same Tylaska tack on sprit):

Confirm sprit deployed and tack line rigged through Tylaska shackle.
Bring bagged kite forward; attach tack to Tylaska; attach masthead halyard (Pit pre-rigs opposite side from any active halyard).
Attach sheets; verify lazy sheet is clear of bow.
Call "ready to hoist"; confirm Pit has halyard.
After hoist and Trim has sheet load, retrieve the bag.

Asymmetric peel (A→A — same tack hardware, no shackle change):

Pit pre-rigs second masthead halyard on opposite side.
Bring new kite forward in bag; attach second halyard and second sheet pair.
On hoist call, new kite goes up inside the old (or outside, per Skipper's call); old kite drops behind into bag.
Confirm new kite loaded and old kite contained before clearing foredeck.

Spinnaker douse (asymmetric):

Confirm Pit has hand on halyard; Trim ready to ease sheet.
Gather foot of kite to leeward shrouds or through companionway hatch (per briefing).
Call "drop"; tail foot down as Pit eases halyard.
Get kite below deck or into bag before clearing.

Code 67 deploy/recover:

Pit and cockpit own this operation. Bow confirms sprit area is clear and furl line is not fouled with A-sail tack hardware before Pit runs the furl.
If Code 67 hangs up: Bow goes forward to clear under direction.

GS (orange gennaker) set:

GS tacks to the mid-deck padeye (not sprit). Attach tack at padeye; attach Staysail halyard at head; attach sheets to mid-deck blocks.
Confirm padeye is clear of A-sail tack line interference before set.

SS (spinnaker staysail):

SS is the spinnaker staysail (not a symmetric kite — boat carries asyms only). Tacks at the mid-deck padeye, hoisted on the Sec J1 halyard. No pole involved — it sets low and inside, beneath the running asym (A2/A4).

Reef in/out:

Bow assists at luff and tack reef cringle. Reef #1 hardware is the rams horn at the gooseneck (race-week confirmed). Hook reef #1 tack cringle onto rams horn; call "made" after cringle is positively seated. Pit and cockpit own cunningham and reefing line.

Comms Protocol

Bow calls in: "Made" / "Halyard tight" / "Clear" / "Hung up" — per callouts table above.

Bow calls out: - To Pit: halyard sequence confirmation, peel-side verification. - To Trim: sheet ready or hung up. - To Watch Captain: any gear failure, chafe, or hardware concern.

Escalation: - Halyard wraps, sail damage, hardware failure, crew in the water → call immediately to Watch Captain. - Any forestay or rig observation → Navigator (affects routing).

Failure Modes

#	Mode	Symptom	Recovery	Prevention
1	Peel-side error (new halyard same side as active)	Halyards cross at masthead; jam	Stop hoist; lower new sail; re-rig opposite side; restart	Verbal "halyard on starboard, active is on port" before any hoist
2	Tack not secured before hoist	Tack flies; sail goes up with tack loose	Drop to deck under control; reset tack; restart	"Made" only after physical verification; Pit echoes back before "hoist"
3	Stowage-side error	Halyard tail fouled on next peel	Re-coil before next operation	Confirm side at every halyard release

Race-Week Deliverables

Item	Owner	Target
Bow response-time target (call → on-deck-forward)	Skipper	T-7 brief
Bow / pulpit nav-light configuration	Skipper	T-3
SS setup	Confirmed ✅	poleless — mid-deck padeye, Sec J1 halyard

Cross-references

Onboard cards: - Card 01 — Start to Block Island - Card 04 — Gulf Stream Entry — "set sail BEFORE entering the Stream. No changes inside." - Card 09 — Squall & Frontal Response - Card 10 — Tactical Scenarios — Heavy Air section

Reference: - sail_inventory.md — authoritative sail codes, halyards, and tack points. Know this cold before race start. - lupo_di_mare_specs.md — rig dimensions and forestay length.