fxloop wrote: I'm headed down that friday morning early to get setup. Went last year, had a blast. 😀 Tim G Skippers meeting is at 9:30 AM Friday...

carolinacatamarans wrote: My F-18 has an interesting system on it. It has a 3/8" line that is almost the length of the distance between the beams. It...

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Murrays has a line they call Super Downhaul, I think it's made by Robline. It's tightly woven dyneema and keeps it's round shape. It comes in 3mm. A b...

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Better. Where's the righting line?

The track on the hull is used to get the flow of air working the same in the top and bottom of the sail. Moving it forward loosens the foot and tighte...

It's not if you race or not, it's do you want to point upwind or not. Having them all the way at the hull would be like sailing a H16 with the jib tra...

Edchris177 wrote: The 5.5 halyard is all line, no wire. Thanks, didn't know the 5.5 was different. The jib halyard is part wire and the line portion i...

phantom917 wrote: Edchris, I’m a newbie so forgive my responses if they sound naive. Once you raise the main, & hook it, clip the plastic hook to the...

The clew of your Jib should have a pig tail with 18-20 inches on either side with a single block the size of the block in your pic of the mast. The on...

Ok, the pic was not there when I wrote the first two, the clam cleat and block are for the jib halyard/downhaul rigged 3 to 1. The jib halyard comes d...

If you run a bungee from the bridle wire to the back side of the diamond wire around the front of the mast, back behind the diamond wire, then back to...

If your talking about a horn cleat, it should not be there. The cleats on a 5.5SL mast are 1 clam cleat for the jib and the the downhaul cleats on the...

See last sentence of the first paragraph of warbird post about adding double trap to Hydra 16.

Marek wrote: getting main and jib to clip into the O-rings was a bit of a challenge, MN3 wrote: those are tricky at first, even for seasoned cat sai...

Thanks, Kenny. We are talking about it but still a little cool for her. Will let you know.

Hobie MidWinters East and West are Hobie only events. The F18 class may be invited under the F18 Regatta Inclusion Policy. No it is not open to all ...

I don't think there are any. I always torqued mine to 16-18 lbs just like the straps. The purpose of it is so that the main beam does not rotate. Th...

See page 9 for the current Hobie parts catalog for current sail patterns. But not for $600. 20991087 SAIL, H16 MAIn, HoT TAMALE 20991088 SAIL, H16 M...

catman449 wrote: First boom is secured to mast with line from gooseneck eye to cleat on mast. Not sure what your doing here but it's not correct. T...

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my halyard/retrieval is 78 feet my tack line is 10 feet my system has the halyard pulling the tack line out so one line controls the halyard/retriev...

There's a Hobie dealer in Puerto Rico, the Beach Captain or something like that. Nice guy, will ship parts to the US. Back in the mid 90's Hobie had ...

No, the Nacra Inter 18 daggerboard will not come up on it's own. If you hit something at speed, you will either damage the board or hull or both. If ...

There is no end of the season in Mississippi. I spent many New Years Days Sailing in Biloxi Bay. It's about picking your days and having the right gea...

40 feet of main sheet 10 feet of traveler May need a little more depending on eye splices, tapers and split tails. 7/16 is pretty large, 3/8 will run...

You probably have but I've got to ask, have you unlaced the tramp?