Tying Main Sail to Mast and Boom

Plunging into the unknown, I started working on how the sail rig goes together.  It's hard to believe a year has gone by since I bought the rope I would need to sail the dory.  CLC has an excellent manual with many detailed pictures, but I really had now idea how all these parts go together, and what to do with them once I get them together.  Sailing is a foreign language and learning other languages has never been one of my strengths.  Anyway I pressed on and kept the manual close by.

I took the thinnest line they sold me and started tying the main sail to the mast.  It was a struggle to get the 3/16" line through the grommets in the sail twice and then tie a square know with two overhand knots to hold it in place.  After I had done the mast I realized that I didn't have enough rope left to do the boom.  I re-read the manual and discovered that they were calling for 1/8" nylon line.  I went to the hardware store and bought the thinner line and discovered that this was exactly what I needed.  I could double this line easily through the grommets and quickly lashed the bottom of the sail to the boom.