It looks like your boat has a hybrid system. I wonder if the mast is original? Anyway, the two cleats on the sides of the mast are not supposed to be there if you have cleats on the cuddy top. Those cleats are supposed to be cheek blocks that feed the halyards back to the cuddy cleats. Older DaySailers just had those two cleats on the mast and no cuddy cleats (the reason I wonder if your mast is original).
The cam cleat on the cuddy top is for the boom downhaul. From the eyestrap arrangements, it looks like the previous owner had it set up for a line to originate at the lower eyestrap, go up to a block on the gooseneck, back down through a block at the cuddy top, and aft to the cam cleat. See photo below.
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Note that I got all cleats and blocks off of the mast. That was to minimize the chances of hooking the jib sheets on the hardware when coming about. Some things that might help with the final lift on the main--
* Make sure the vang, downhaul, and sheet are slack.
* Haul as high as you can, belay around the cleat, and then pull out on the line, away from the mast. (You have tremendous mechanical advantage.) If that lifts the sail, quickly pull in and cleat the line before the sail drops back down.
* Use the lowest-stretch line you can afford. North American Sta-Set X is probably the cheapest. It uses conventional polyester fiber, but there is very little twist in the core. For more money, you can go with more exotic fibers like Dyneema or Spectra.
* If you can get the sail high enough that you have 3-4" of space in the sail track below the gooseneck, don't worry about it. You're there. Just use the downhaul to tension the luff as needed.