Hobie 18 spinnaker snuffer ring?

There is no specific snuffer ring/bag setup for a H18. Keep that in mind. You have a few options:

1) Find a used one-I got a ring and bag, plus a bunch of other gear for $200
2) Buy a Nacra or Hobie F18 ring and bag, total $500 (ring alone is like $250)
3) Buy a SNU ring and bag, also >$500
4) Get in touch with an AHPC dealer and see what they'll do for you, they make an aluminum ring.

If you can find a ring for ~$100, you could sew the bag yourself for cheap. Keep in mind that the spinnaker alone could easily run you >$500 depending on exactly what you manage to find.

There is no specific snuffer ring/bag setup for a H18. Keep that in mind. You have a few options:

1) Find a used one-I got a ring and bag, plus a bunch of other gear for $200
2) Buy a Nacra or Hobie F18 ring and bag, total $500 (ring alone is like $250)
3) Buy a SNU ring and bag, also >$500
4) Get in touch with an AHPC dealer and see what they'll do for you, they make an aluminum ring.

If you can find a ring for ~$100, you could sew the bag yourself for cheap. Keep in mind that the spinnaker alone could easily run you >$500 depending on exactly what you manage to find.

Get a snu! Will be my next unit

making a sock is a tricky task. if you are a seamstress i guess it's easy but i have seen some terrible home-made ones (from guys who know how to sew) I have also seens ome decent ones.

I have a AHPC ring/sock works well. they are pricey.

If you want to talk with a dealer.. PM me for Jill Nickerson contact info (they are the South USA dealers)

Is there any why I could make one? Or has that ever been done before?

we sailed with a guy who had a pvc homemade hoop, and the worst looking mesh sock you have ever seen. It looked like a toilet bowl and he got a lot of grief over it... however it worked and he used it till he shredded his spin.

Edited by MN3 on Sep 14, 2011 - 07:21 AM.

I have looked on line for suffer rings and http://www.murrays.com has one that I can use. I just dont know how durable its? What are the web sites where I can buy a snuffer ring and sock from.

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bender1989 wrote: I have looked on line for suffer rings and http://www.murrays.com has one that I can use. I just dont know how durable its? What are the web sites where I can buy a snuffer ring and sock from.

http://www.gobarefootstudio.com/snu_08.html

Ok well I've decided to buy the SNU snuffer ring and bag. But I want to make my own spinnaker pole out of aluminum. I'm going to use one that is 11.5 to 12 feet long that is an 1.5inch in diameter. I just don't what the wall thickness should be

.120 is plenty thick and cheaper than ,083 or .065 there is a snuffer ring in the classifieds now at half the cost of the snu

Don't use .120 wall thickness, way to thick and heavy. You want .065. Find yourself a sunfish boom, it's .065 and already anodized and meets your length requirements.

The cost difference is $75 when I quoted it last week. .065 would be about 6 pounds .120 about 11 pounds . I would rather spend the $75 on something else considering we are talking about a hobie 18. That's if used material doesn't work out.

Edited by bacho on Nov 20, 2011 - 09:17 PM.

I've got one...see the used parts classified ads...1/2 the price of a new one!

I've got an alum pole off an F18HT. I also have experience with SNU snuffers.

Dave
509 276 6355

Edited by davefarmer on Nov 21, 2011 - 07:01 PM.

Thanks for the info on the pipe. Is there anywhere I can find pics for setting up the rigging for the spinnaker pole.

A sunfish spar or something similar is a great pole. Or a used windsurfer mast works too.