Escape Rumba / Escape 12 rigging

[Brian]

Is there a video on the setup and rigging of a Rumba? I read somewhere on the Internet that this boat used to come with a "How to sail" video. I would like to acquire a copy of this video if anyone out there has it. The new Escape 12 only comes with a crude black and white instruction manual that looks like it was photocopied. Does anyone know of any websites that illustrate Rumba rigging with color photos.

 

[Frank Dieske]

Escape Rumba

Hi, just go on ebay and search for 'escape rumba'! You will find a guy trying to sell his boat. He also displayed the pictures for the rigging!I hope that helps,Frank

 

[victor post]

I have the original video from Escape

I purchased 4 Escapes from a local yacht club and have the original video. It is fairly cheesy.

 

[Lisa7272]

Need for simplified rigging

We got our Solsa for the vacation cottages we rent out each summer. But I found the rigging so ridiculously non-intuitive, that I was afraid guests couldn't figure out how to use it even with the instructions, and left the boat rigged all the time. (Hard on the sail!!) So I'm changing the rigging by using color-coded clips to hold the sprit onto the mast and sail. I think it will work just fine. I will simplify lines, too.Oh, yes, the first day we got it, the bolt fell off the rudder. Paddled to shore and picked up a nifty replacement item at Aubuchon Hardware. It's a three or four-inch horseshoe shaped spring that fits over the stainless steel pin. Works MUCH better than the damned bolt that fell off.