The Hobie 16 main halyard has always hooked at the top of the mast. This is done to reduce halyard stretch and to reduce compression on the mast. Thi...

If the chafing was caused by the sail rubbing against the shrouds (commonly happens when sailing downwind), then its unlikely that repair tape will ho...

If you’re talking about the Sport Cruiser from Hobie, then that would be the 21SC. Search the Hobie website support section for the assembly manual,...

The first question you need to ask yourself is if you will primarily be sailing solo or with a crew. The 17 is a great single handed cat, but reall...

Somewhat related - does your mast have a stainless steel “sail feeder” screwed on at the luff track opening? If your boat was made in the 1980’s or e...

If it is run through a grommet in the tramp, then the control line can be lead out to cleats on each hull, so rotation can be controlled from the side...

Make sure your crew knows to pop the jib free if the bow goes in. Sit as far back on the boat as possible (on a broad reach, without a spinnaker, t...

jack108136 wrote: Try 10/32. 10-32 screw would be slightly better than a 10-24, but recommended minimum thread engagement is still about 0.20” (and ...

I had a welder fix and beef up the welds on my H18 wings after I them a few years ago. They seem sturdy so far. If you really want to strengthen them...

If riveting into carbon/composite, you really want to have a metal washer or backing plate on the inside surface. Otherwise as the rivet expands, it ...

Problem is that your crossbar almost certainly doesn’t have enough wall thickness for 1/4-20 screws to get enough thread engagement before they strip ...

I’m not terribly familiar with the details of the Prindle hull construction, but when Hobie hulls get wavy like that, it’s generally a sign that there...

I would certainly advise against releasing or pulling the rudders up ahead of time. As soon as you kick up a rudder (even if you just unlock it and t...

One option would be to just disassemble the boat. Most of them come apart relatively easily by removing the trampoline and un-bolting the crossbars. ...

Try to find out the year (last two digits of the serial number engraved on the hull transom). These boats went through a bit of evolution in the 30 or...

The Hobie 18 sailors in Australia are doing something similar to what you describe. m.facebook.com/Hobie18catamaran/photos/a.885087958324390/198201...

Neither the H16 nor the Wave sound ideal for what you want to do. The 16 will be pretty bogged down and the Wave will be very under-powered in anythi...

NSI www.northshoreinc.com smEdited by Dogboy on Mar 22, 2022 - 12:12 PM.

Andinista wrote: The big problem is that the compression tube is stuck to the rod, I tried to move it by tightening the upper and lower nuts separate...

(1) is your inboard/outboard jib lead adjustment. Moving inboard will allow you to point higher upwind until the point that you start closing the jib...

I had initially thought to add a pocket to the sail with a bungee retract, but I think the bungee might end up unintentionally pulling in on the line ...

Seems like a risk for getting your head, or something else, looped in there when switching tacks. How about a strip of velcro sewn to the bottom ba...

smEdited by Dogboy on Jan 17, 2022 - 06:01 AM.

I would not recommend drilling and tapping for 1/4-20 machine screws. The crossbar is aluminum and the wall is probably less than 0.100” thick. You ...

Just to clarify terminology, the mast base is the part that is attached to the bottom of the mast. The mast step is the part that is attached to the ...

I’m confused because at the start of your post you mention storing the boat on a floating dock, but then at the end you talk about the boat being stor...

It’s not the typical setup for a beach cat. Beach cats typically control from the center of the rear crossbar which is a much simpler setup (but comp...

What was the purpose of drilling the holes and filling the hull with epoxy? Were you trying to fix a soft spot? sm

Maybe search craigslist/classifieds for a used Hobie 16 rear crossbar and salvage the traveler track & car from it. They can be found relatively inex...

I’m not sure about the hull construction of the Prindles. If the hull is a foam sandwich construction and the soft spots are relatively small, you ca...