The next split in technique is around the stage where the hulls are pulled onto the frame along the channels under each main beam.. Chris and Alastair delay this until the mast is up (to give less total weight and a lower platform during the mast manoeuvres, see later)

  Chris, below left, first lifts one side and inserts the wheel in the centreboartd slot. leaving the other side on the ground. The hull tube is then pulled along from front to back. (Chris has the unusual technique of softly inflating the hul tube before pulling it along the track. Usually it is pulled on deflated, and the bowboard attached as the tube is nearly on.)

 BELOW: Gareth (with help from Stuart, aft) is following the tradition of pulling on the hulls (completing a whole "boat") before rigging the mast. This stage is one where having a second person makes a difference in the speed of rigging, as demonstrated here----with Stuart pulling the tube backwards along the channel in the mainbeam, Gareth can feed in the bolt rope and finally push the bowboard straight onto the end of the main beam. Singlehanded, there is usually a need to make one or two extra trips to the bow to adjust the bowboard into position to be finally pulled on .

Some bowboards fit so tightly on the beam that gentle bashing with a rubber mallet is needed to finally get them home. Pulling the hulls along the channel is helped by the sprayed-on silicone lubrication  used for the sail boltrope.

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  (The photo above, in the sunshine at Bala Lake also demonstrates the advantages of handling this stage on grass or any surface protecting the hulls and bowboards (particularly singelehanded, when the hull has to drag on the surface) although the deflated hull will readily handle being pulled over loose shingle

The bowboard is attached to the hull tube by the slide attachment, a slightly awkward process. The cord should be at a length to keep the two snugly together when on the mainbeam, and may need adjusting (or the two pulled together when on the beam, before inflating the tube.)  RIGHT: The hulls are then inflated as shown. Before attaching the pump, the valve in the endplate of the hull is turned clockwise with a finger to close it. (It is embarrasing to have a loud deflating bellow across the dinghy park when the pump is removed) The process is then repeated on the other side

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