I would use 3/16" or 1/8". They bend around the grommets better than the standard 1/4". They are plenty strong, the limiting factor is how you are goi...

I built mine from an electric soldering gun from Princess Auto (Harbor Freight). Took the hot end off, pounded it flat with a hammer on the back of a ...

Bill is more careful than I am. I had to make a hatch near the closed end of my sewer pipe sail tube. I kept losing stuff way up there and couldn't ge...

Just a couple of things. With mast up storage the mast moves a little bit all the time. Wind, earthquakes, fat joggers, ... Tape the swages and othe...

Just a couple of things. With mast up storage the mast moves a little bit all the time. Wind, earthquakes, fat joggers, ... Tape the swages and othe...

Put a "snorkel" over it. The snorkle flogs pretty good in a strong wind but if it's made of sunbrella it's strong enough and, most importantly, protec...

That's what I did. Took a long time, searching. The castings, and rudders will fit, you can cut down the tiller connector, Hobie makes a kit (1957?)...

In my day younger, .... Beverage can shim if you ever expect to want to dissemble the boat again. I used to have a picture of my 16 on top of a not v...

Maybe try the other side? One of my end caps came broken and I repaired it with epoxy filling in the slot. Now the trampoline bolt rope has to slide o...

The boat is held together with the trampoline lacing. Mine just pulls apart when the tramp is removed. The only thing holding up the pull apart is the...

I had some West system epoxy that I "inherited" after maybe five or six years from a guy who rebuilt a wooden Wayfarer. Nice boat. Anyway it wouldn't ...

I had some West system epoxy that I "inherited" after maybe five or six years from a guy who rebuilt a wooden Wayfarer. Nice boat. Anyway it wouldn't ...

I got curious. 8 kilograms is about 17.6 pounds. 43 COMPETITOR CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT 43.1 Competitors shall not wear or carry clothing or equipment ...

Actually, ... YES. Not allowed. RRS says you can't wear more than (some number like 22 pounds), all in including wetsuit, boots, underwear, sweater, s...

We used to put the boat on the trailer. Fairly easy in the spring when the boards have just been refinished for the season, and slide them in until a ...

Not from memory. e) A spinnaker pole no longer than the distance from the center line of the front crossbar to either bow may be used to fly the open...

The class rules (from memory) say from the dolphin striker to the spinnaker pole tang on the hull. You'll find that's 125 inches. That being said, th...

My thoughts, in order of importance: 1) Put telltales on your jib at 1/3 and 2/3 height about one telltale length back from the luff (front). Set up ...

I bought the Hobie 20 kit ($159!! Cdn, #1953), cut down the tiller connector a bit, and have easy removability.

On the other hand, .... What's the downside? If it has been like that for twenty years then the repair will be perfect. If the repair doesn't do anyth...

1. Replace the whole deal with the class legal Harken multi-part system. 2. Aluminum. Plastic cleats have no place on a race boat. You're welcome.

Oh dear! Another solution to a non-problem. Put your halyard through the little ring at the top and tie a stopper knot. Make sure you don't have the f...

What I do ... YMMV, is 2/3 and 1/3 on the jib, back just slightly more than the length of a telltale from the luff. You need those to set jib car posi...

We use a similar, but larger, system for anchors at our club, Lac Deschenes Sailing Club, Ottawa, Canada. I would recommend a hole through the middle,...

If you have a tape measure this should sort where your problem lies. Item Material Finish Length HOBIE ...

I guess you know this already but one of the tricks of competitive 21 sailing was to install two sets of springs. The boards sometimes have to sort of...

I thought you might be interested in a story about me. When I was younger I used to set my wing tramps up tight. As I got older and my tummy started ...

Well, ... no. What I do have is a toolbox with things I might need at the boat. So I have specific tools, like pliers and a couple of screwdrivers an...

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My $00.02, yeah it's late in this discussion, ... I've seen more than one comptip mast break when slapping the water during a capsize. And that's wit...