I did mine just pushing down real hard. You need lots of room, these things bend a lot. Make sure ypu put something to spread the load where the mast ...

Not so funny in my case. Anyways, on a 16 or a 17 if you go right up near the bow you can pull the boat down enough that it makes it easier to get on....

First off it would be class legal for the Hobie 16, but not most other classes. 1.1 Rudder blades made of another material, yet conforming to the s...

If it were me ... oh the evil I have done starting that way ... I might try a wire brush either in my hand or the kind you chuck in an electric drill....

Well you have to take my advice with a grain of salt but I've rebuilt more than my share of these over the years so here goes. I clean them up and fre...

As noted you've got it (slightly) backwards. Tami had it right. "close reach on starboard tack" sheet in the jib and ease the main to turn down. The c...

Dacron Spun Braid no bigger than 3/8" for the mainsheet and jibsheet. Soft and fuzzy on your hands. All the lines have to be a different colour so the...

Epoxy. You said glue and that's what epoxy is. Stronger, better bond, and *ahem* more expensive than polyester. My rule is "Polyester is for building ...

The easy way would be to figure out what size wire you have on the shrouds now and then look up safe working load for that wire. You can guess that th...

My suggestion on the mainsheet is to take a look in the classifieds below.br /> Should do.

I had a similar problem on my Hobie 21. The advice I was given, which seemed to solve my problem, was that the bolt rope shrinks over time and the sai...