Hobie T2 Owner's Manual

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Congratulations for the purchase of your new HOBIE CAT and welcome to the HOBIE sailing family. The Hobie Cat is a long life boat.

Le Hobie T2 is primarily meant for sailing schools, clubs and beach operators.

We offer this manual as a guide to increased safety and enjoyment of your new boat. The purpose of this publication is to provide easy, simple and accurate instructions on how to get your Hobie ready for the water. Please read them carefully and familiarize yourself with the boat and all of the parts spread before you.

Whether you are a new sailor or a veteran of many years, we recommend that you read this thoroughly before your ﬁrst sail and TRY IT OUR WAY FIRST! If you are new to sailing, this manual alone is not intended to teach you how to sail. There are many excellent books, videos and courses on the safe handling of small sailboats. We suggest that you contact your local sailboat dealer, college or Coast Guard Auxiliary for recommendations.

Watch for overhead wires whenever you are rigging, launching, sailing or trailering with the mast up. CONTACT OF THE MAST WITH POWER LINES COULD BE FATAL! Be certain that the rigging area and the area that you will be sailing in are free of overhead power lines. Report any such power lines to your local power authority and sail elsewhere.

We take pride in presenting this Hobie T2 to you and hope that you’ll take as much pride in owning her.

Fair winds and good sailing!

Hobie Cat Europe

Welcome in the «Hobie Way of Life»

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Pages Description

OWNER’S MANUAL

4 Boat description

5 Safety advices

6 Complementary information

7-8 Handling and maintenance

9 Warranty conditions

10 Your distributor

ASSEMBLY MANUAL

11 Necessary tools

12-14 List of the parts

15-16 Hull / crossbar assembly

17-19 Trampoline

20 Front spreader bar

21 Bridles and shroud adjusters

22-25 Preparation of the mast

26-27 stepping the mast

28 Trapeze and tensioning the rig

29 Main sail

30 Cunningham

31 Mainsheet system

32-34 Jib

35 righting line

36 Rudder assembly

37 Tiller crossbar

38 Mast ﬂoating device

39-44 Spinnaker kit (option)

45 Contact

ANNEXES:

• SPAREPARTILLUSTRATEDGUIDE

• CONFORMITY

KEEP THIS MANUAL IN A SAFE PLACE AND GIVE IT TO THE

NEW OWNER IF YOU SELL YOUR BOAT

Table of content

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Length (m) 4,90

Beam (m) 2,43

Mast height (m) 7,50

Weight (kg) 170 kg

Main sail area (m²) 13

Jib area (m²) 3

Spi area (m²) 12 (option)

Maximum load (kg) 240

Crew number 3

Homologation EC N°

Module Abis

Category 3C / 4D

Hull construction Polyethylene

The manufacturing of Hobie Cats conforms to the following ISO norms :

Hull construction and scantlings ISO 12215-1:2000

Stability and buoyancy assessment and categorization ISO 12217:2000

Hull identiﬁcation ISO 10087:1995

Builder’s plate ISO FDIS 14945

Owner’s manual ISO 10240:2004

Small crafts - principal data ISO FDIS 8666

Boat description

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Read carefully before sailing :

• Whether on land or on the water, WATCH FOR OVERHEAD POWER LINES. Contact with power lines can cause serious injury or death.

• DO NOT sail while under the inﬂuence of alcohol and/or drugs

• Only sail in conditions in which you feel comfortable and where you feel conﬁdent that you can safely sail the boat.

Never go out in conditions beyond your ability.

• Everyone on board should wear a life jacket at all times (see the regulations in force).

• If you are in the water, remain in contact with the boat, even if it is capsized. A sailboat can drift away faster than a

person can swim.

• Never sail without a righting line.

• Wear appropriate clothes. Wear a wet suit or dry suit in cold weather or cold water conditions.

Protect yourself against heat and sun.

• Learn about the local sea regulations.

• Learn the right of way rules and when in doubt, give way to others.

• When not sailing, always keep the boat pointed into the wind whether in the water or on the beach.

• Read the instruction manual carefully.

• Make sure everyone on the boat reads and understands these safety instructions.

• ALWAYS check that the drain plugs are screwed in before launching your catamaran. Remove the plugs after sailing

to drain any water that may have leaked into the hulls.

Safety equipment :

All necessary safety equipment must be available on board. (Life jackets, etc.) and must correspond to the boat type, weather conditions, etc. This material is mandatory in some countries. The crew must know how to use this material and how to behave in case of emergency (men at sea, towing, etc.) ; Sailing schools and clubs regularly organise training sessions to learn how to use the safety equipment and how to behave in case of emergency.

Safety advices

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INTERNATIONAL HOBIE CLASS ASSOCIATION (I.H.C.A.)

Hobie Cat owners are organised in a world-wide class association : the IHCA (International Hobie Class Association).

For Europe, you can contact the EHCA (European Hobie Class Association).

Visit their web site : http://ehca.hobieclass.com to ﬁnd the name and contact details of the association of you country.

Complementary information

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Before sailing, check the following points :

1/ Install the drain plugs (if any) – do not overtighten, hand tight is sufﬁcient. Overtightening may cause the drain plug ﬂange to distort and cause leakage.

2/ Tension the rig. This can be accomplished by having your assistant hang from the trapeze or you can use mainsheet tension on one side at a time so that you can adjust the shroud position in the side stay adjusters.

3/ Check all fastenings :

- Mast tang shackles and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)

- pins and trapeze rope locks (to prevent falling out in the water if the trapeze is not well fastened)

- pins and spring rings on the forestay and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)

- spring rings on the rudder pins (to prevent loosing the rudder assembly in case of capsizing)

Transport

In order to avoid hull damages :

- Always use a dolley to transport your Hobie on the beach (even if it is sand beach) and for launching. Step into the water

with the dolley and once the cata is aﬂoat take out the dolley.

- DO NOT BEACH. Beaching, even smoothly, may damage the hulls. use your beach dolley to take the boat out of the

water.

- For towing, always use an homologated road trailer with cradles.

Launching your Hobie Cat

Launching the boat is easiest when the boat can be pointed into the wind to keep it de-powered and ﬂoated into deep enough water to lower the rudders.

It is possible to launch in shallow water with the rudders partly up.

Try not to steer with too much force on the rudders until you lock them in the down position.

Keep the sail loose and trimmed out completely until you can power up and steer away from any obstacle.

Handling & maintenance

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Righting your Hobie Cat

If you tip the boat over, in order to avoid the mast from sinking under the hull, one of the crew must rapidly climb on the hull that remains on the water. In the meantime, the other crew uncleat all the lines and sheets.

It is not necessary, but it is easier, to right the boat when the bow and the mast are pointed into the wind. There will be less resistance and better control in this position.

Skipper and crew stand up on the hull. Using the righting line, skipper and crew pull the righting line that is against the upper hull and hold the line while slowly leaning back away from the trampoline. As the mast and sail lift out of the water, drop down to your knees then into the water. Hold on to the crossbar near the hull that you were standing on. Be well aware of the hull and crossbar coming down over your head. Holding the cross-

bar or righting line will also insure that you remain with the boat when it is righted. Climb abord and continue sailing.

Maintenance of your Hobie

This manual is not an exhaustive guide for the mainteance or repair of your Hobie. In case of difﬁculties, take contact with the builder or his representative.

Always use the service of an experienced professional for the maintenance, the mounting of accessories or the modiﬁcations to your Hobie.

Modiﬁcation that may affect the safety use of the boat must be checked before processing and made by an experienced professional. The builder cannot be hold for responsible for modiﬁcation that he has not duly approved.

In some countries, prior authorisations are necessary or speciﬁc regulations are in force. Check them.

Always maintain your boat and take into account the deterioration that may occur with the time or following inappropriate or intensive use. Any boat (even the strongest one) may be severely dammaged if it is not used the right way. This is not compatible with a safe sailing.

• Hobie Cat does not recommend leaving your Hobie in the water on a mooring. Accelerated wear to the boat and rig-

ging will be experienced. Damage to the hull material is possible. Limitation of the mast rotation and tensioning of the rigging are required to lessen this wear. Inspect rigging often and tape rigging rings and shackles to prevent loosening.

• After sailing, it recommended to wash the hulls to remove the salt. Also remove the sails and wash them Only store

them when they are perfectly wet.

• There is one plug in the rear of each hull. These plugs are used to drain the hulls. The plugs should be in place before

sailing. Remove the plugs after sailing to drain any water that may have leaked into the hulls. It is best to travel with and store the boat with the plugs removed to allow for pressure changes due to heating, cooling, and altitude changes. This will prevent warping of the hull surface.

Handling & maintenance

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This warranty applies to customers of Hobie Cat Europe. The boat is warranted to the original retail customer for one year from the date of retail purchase against defects in materials and workmanship. The spare parts are warranted for one year. The components coverage applies only to the original retail customer. The warranty is not transferable. In no case, the repairs made will extend the initial date of the warranty, except for any replacement or repaired parts.

The Warranty Registration Card is required by law for use in the event of a product problem notiﬁcation. The warranty is only effective if the boat is sold by an authorised Hobie Cat dealer.

What is covered?

Replacement parts and labour. According to the decision of Hobie Cat Europe, the dealer will make the repairs himself or through an external contractor, after presentation of an estimate and written agreement from HCE. The dealer will be then reimbursed after presentation of the invoice. The warranty covering these repairs will no longer be at HCE’s charge but at the contractor’s charge.

What is not covered?

• normal wear and discoloration

• Transport charges to or from the dealer’s shop to the client

• charges occurred in case of an on-the-spot repair.

• Damages caused by abuse or failure to perform normal maintenance (see assembly manual), by a defective or abnormal use or by a bad storage.

• Discoloration, blistering or grazing of gelcoat caused by boat being moored or stored in salt or fresh water.

• The boat is not covered under warranty if the boats are hired or placed in commercial service.

• Hobie Cat Europe is not responsible for boat damage as a result of adding additional blocks to the original manufacturer’s sheeting arrangement.

• Any other expenses: CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, OR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

How to obtain warranty performance within 30 days of discovering the defect:

Bring your boat to the nearest authorised Hobie Cat Europe dealer (a list of the dealers is available at HCE). Be sure to take proof of date of retail purchase (invoice). All payments for in-warranty expenses shall be made by Hobie Cat Europe to the Hobie Cat Europe dealer and not to the customer.

Implied warranties:

IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, SHALL BE NO LONGER THAN THE DURATION OF THIS EXPRESS WARRANTY. Hobie Cat Europe makes no express warranties in addition to this limited warranty. Hobie Cat Europe’s dealers have no authority to make any warranties on behalf of Hobie Cat Europe in addition to or inconsistent with those stated herein. To the extent any provision of this warranty is prohibited by federal, state, or municipal law and cannot be pre-empted, it shall not be applicable.

HOW IT WORKS?

It is essential that for each sold boat, the warranty card be completely ﬁlled in, signed by the dealer and the customer, and that the copy for Hobie Cat Europe be returned to the factory within 8 days of boat delivery. For all claims the warranty department must be contacted. The ﬁnal decision regarding warranty claims lies with this service.

SPECIAL NOTES:

1. All warranty transactions will be handled through the claiming dealership and not directly with the customer.

2. Hobie Cat dealers are responsible for proper diagnosis and completion of all warranty claims.

3. If in doubts about warranty coverage of a particular problem, contact the Warranty department ﬁrst.

4. Warranty work may be carried out by an authorised dealer other than the original seller of the boat, however for all warranty requests it is mandatory to fax or mail a copy of the completely ﬁlled out warranty card which must have been registered immediately following delivery to the customer.

5. As warranty work is registered following the information of the warranty card, it is mandatory that the card be ﬁlled out in detail in all the boxes. Failure to cite a hull, sail, or serial numbers on the warranty will make claims impossible to process.

Limited warranty by Hobie Cat Europe

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Your dealer is our representative and will bring you all necessary assistance

in order to solve problems you may encounter.

As soon as you become owner, please date and sign this receipt (below)

and give it to your dealer to be covered by our warranty.

Please carefully read the warranty conditions

written in this manual.

Please carefully and thoughroughly read this

manual. Keep it in a safe place

Give it to the new owner if you resell your Hobie.

Distributor’s stamp

Your distributor

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Necessary tools

N° Illustration Description

Lubricant

2 Universal pliers

3 Poignée d’étarquage

4 Mètre ruban

5 wrench #14

6 adhesive tape

screw driver

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Your Hobie Hobie T2 is composed of :

Description 2 Hulls (right & left) 2 Crossbars (front & rear) 1 Trampoline 1 Mast 2 Rudder assembly (right & left) 1 Tiller crossbar 1 Wire bag with furler 1 Rig bag 1 Rope bag 1 Aluminum tiller extension 1 Colored main sail 1 Main batten set 1 Jib

Optional material delivered : 1 Spinnaker pole (same for gennaker) 1 Spi rig bag 1 Spinnaker sail 1 Spi Trumpet 1 Spi bag 1 Gennaker sail 1 gennaker rig bag

List of the parts

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List of the parts : Wire bag with jib furler

1 Tensioning jib halyard

2 Hoisting jib halyard

3 Jib furler with rope

4 Shroud wires

5 Bridles

6 Trapeze rigging pieces

7 Trapeze wires

8 Forestay with jib halyard, pigtail and swivel

List of the parts : Wire bag without jib furler (option)

1 Shroud wires

2 Trapeze rigging pieces

3 Forestay with jib pulleys

4 Trapeze wires

5 Bridles

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List of the parts

RIG BAG

1 2 Stay adjusters

2 2 Shroud anchor bars

3 Jib and cunningham blocks + hooks

4 8 screws for crossbars

5 2 Front bridle ﬁttings (left & right)

6 Mainsheet system complete & mounted

ROPE BAG

1 Main halyard (Mast)

2 Main cunningham line

3 Jibsheet line

4 Righting line

5 Trampoline rear lacing line

6 Trampoline side lacing line

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Hull assembly : crossbar ﬁxation

Illustration Steps Description

For the assembly we will use the #17 wrench and the crossbar screws that are included in the rig bag.

NB : DO NOT USE any ratchet key on the screw.This would cause over heating of the screw in the insert.

Position the hulls in parallel with the inner sides facing the ground.Lift the right hull. One person straddles the hull to hold it in place. The other person applies the silicone sealant (against corrosion of the screws) around the holes.

Lift the left hull. Position the front crossbar on the hull supports. (NB : the trampoline tracks of the two hulls should face one to the other inside the frame).

Insert the screws and washers as indicated on the photo: aluminium washer ﬁrst, then nylon washer.

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Hull assembly : crossbar ﬁxation

Illustration Steps Description

Drive the screws into the front crossbar, on the left side and then on the right side so that the crossbar is rightly positionned (tighten loosely).

Rear crossbar :

Apply silicone sealant around the crew holes. Position the bar accross the hulls and insert the screws, washers and nuts in the same way as for the front crossbar. NB : Caution ! the trampoline lacing post must face towards the rear of the boat.

Lastly, fully tighten the 4 bolts of the front crossbar and the 4 bolts of the rear crossbar.

NB : Regularly check the fastening of the crossbar nuts and the dolphin striker rod.

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Trampoline assembly

Illustration Steps Description

The opening to slide the two parts of the trampoline is on the left side of the front crossbar, so insert ﬁrst the right half of the trampoline and afterwards the left part.

Then slide the lateral edge of the left trampoline into the track of the left hull. Repeat the same thing on the right side : insert the lateral edge of the right trampoline into the track of the right hull.

Middle lacing

Tie a bowline knot on the ﬁrst eyelet on the left side of the trampoline. Begin the lacing.

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Trampoline assembly

Illustration Steps Description

Go on lacing until the very last eyelet and stop knot at the end just in front of the rear crossbar.

Insert the ﬁberglass trampoline rod into the rear stripes of the two trampolines halves.

Commence lacing the rear of the trampoline. The lacing line starts at the ﬁrst eyelet on the rear left corner. The lacing line goes up around the 1st post, then around the 2nd post, then down around the rod, then up once again around the 2nd post, then around the 3rd post. Continue in the same way until the last post and tighten ﬁrmly at each step.

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Illustration Steps Description

When the lacing comes to the end, make a loop and use it to tension and tighten the lacing line using half-key knots to secure it.

NB : The trampoline must always be fully tightened

Check the tension on a regular basis and each time you get on the water.

Trampoline assembly

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Front spreader bar

Illustration Steps Description

Take in the rig bag the bridle anchor plates and ﬁx them at the bow using the screws and stainless steel washer supplied. Put ﬁrst the ss washer, then screw the anchor plates ensuring that the bridle attachments are facing inside of the hulls.

Insert each end of the bar on to the axes of the plates and secure with the split rings.

Attach the jib bridles using the axes and split rings supplied.

NB : NEVER USE THE FORWARD SPREADER BAR TO CARRY THE BOAT.

Use the 4 handles to carry the boat (2 holes at the front, 2 molded-in at the rear of the boat).

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Wire assembly

Illustration Steps Description

Shroud anchor plates

Take the two shroud anchor plates (n° 2 in the rig bag on page 14) and ﬁx them on the hull with the screws.

Fixing the stay adjusters

Take the stay adjusters (n° 1 in the rig bag on page 14) and ﬁx them to the anchor plates using the axes and split rings. Then attach the shrouds on the top of them.

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Mast set-up : Wire assembly

Illustration Etapes Description

Take the main halyard rope in the rope bag. (n° 1 of the rope bag page 14).

Attach the main halyard rope to the main halyard wire (falling from the mast head) with a bowline knot. Set the halyard wire and rope alongside the mast and secure them at the bottom of the mast around the halyard cleat.

Fixing the wires to the mast (version without jib furler)

Take in the rig bag the 8 mm shackle and attach the wires to it as shown on the drawing.

1 : trapeze wires for the skipper (on the pin) 2 : trapeze wires for the crew 3 : shroud wires 4 : forestay + pigtail 5 :Jib halyard rope

Attach the shackle with the wires on the mast tang.

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Illustration Steps Description

Fix the big pulley to the pigtail using the shackle (1).

Using a bowline knot, attach the halyard to the top of the small pulley (2), lead it through the lower sheave in the big pulley (3), come back to the sheave of the small pulley (4), then in the upper sheave of the big pulley (5)

See drawing.

Take the small pulley and attach it with the other end of the halyard to the white cleat at the bottom of the mast. Block the halyard at the cleat, after having inserted it in the shackle of the small pulley.

Take the adjuster that was together with the jib halyard blocks and ﬁx it to the bridles using a 6 mm shackle.

Mast set-up : wire assembly (model without jib furler)

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Illustration Steps Description

If you do not have the jib furler, go directly to the next page

In the rig bag, take the 8 mm shackle and insert the wires in the same order as indicated on the drawing :

1 : Trapeze wires for the skipper (on the pin) 2 : Trapeze wires for the crew 3 : shroud wires 4 : pigtail + swivel

Attach the shackle with the wires on the mast tang.

Insert the jib halyard rope in the small block at the end of the black jib halyard, make a buckle and stop with a ﬁgur 8 knot. Attach the two loose ends at the bottom of the mast.

Take the jib furler in the wire bag and connect it to the two bridle wires using the clevis pins and split rings. NB : Caution ! Ensure that the exit hole in the furler is pointing at the furler cleat on the front crossbar. Check that the screw on the underside of the furler is tight. This prevents the outer cover from rotating.

Wind the furler up in a clockwise direction. Leave enough furler line to reach the furler cleat on the front crossbar.

Mast set-up : wire assembly (model with jib furler)

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Illustration Steps Description

With the base of the mast facing towards the front of the boat, lay the mast on top of the boat. (place some padding under the mast to prevent scratching). Put the wires on each side of the boat.

Connect the shrouds to the stay adjuster on the hull, using the clevis pins and the split rings.

At this stage, attach them in the upper hole. The position may be changed afterwards.

The position in the stay adjuster determines the mast rake.

You can pull the cover partially over the stay adjusters at this time. The assembly of the trapeze wires can wait until after you have raised the mast.

Spinnaker Option: Insert the spi halyard into the small block at the top of the mast (see the drawing for the mounting of the spinnaker at the end of this manual).

CAUTION DANGER : ALUMINIUM MAST STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES

CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WIRES MAY CAUSE DEATH

Mast set-up : wire assembly

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CAUTION DANGER : ALUMINIUM MAST STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES

CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WIRES MAY CAUSE DEATH

Stepping the mast

Illustration Steps Description

Now, ensure that the forestay wire is not twisted around any other wires and you are ready for raising the mast.

Raising the mast requires two people for ease and safety.

One person lifts the top of the mast to shoulder height from behind the boat.

The other person positions the mast base on the mast ball and insert the securing bolt in the mast base.

Now step on the trampoline, and support the mast, while the other person walk towards the boat. While raising the mast, make sure that the shrouds and trapeze wires are not being twisted.

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Illustration Steps Description

Connect the forestay to the bridles (option without jib furler)

With the person on the trampoline supporting the mast, the other person connects the forestay to the upper hole of the stay adjuster that was already attached to the bridles. Use the clevis pin and split ring.

Connect the forestay to the jib furler

With the person on the trampoline supporting the mast, the other person takes the forestay and connects it to the stay adjuster ﬁxed to the jib furler. Pin the forestay towards the top of the adjuster.

Now, provided all the clevis pins have the split rings ﬁtted, the mast is supported by the shrouds and forestay.

Once the forestay is attached and the mast is standing, REMOVE the mast base securing bolt.

This bolt is only used for raising and lowering the mast.

CAUTION DANGER : ALUMINIUM MAST STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL WIRES

CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL WIRES MAY CAUSE DEATH

Stepping the mast

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Trapeze assembly

Illustration Etapes Description

Take the trapeze line and handles in the wire bag (n° 7 in the wire bag page 13)

Assembling the J&H handles Tie a knot ﬁrmly at the end of the 6 mm line. Fix the knotted rope ﬁrmly to the handle as on the drawing, ensuring that the rope cannot move from the top center of the handle. Lead the other end into the thimble of the trapeze wire (under the black handle).

Then, attach the rope-lock as shown on the picture. The height of trapezing can be adjusted by changing the position of the rope lock.

Take the two trapeze shock cords. Each of them must be lead under the trampoline to connect the right trapeze to the left one, raising through the trampoline grommets. Use a bowline knot to secure the trapeze lines to the trapeze shock cord as shown on the picture.

Now the rig can be tensioned. One person can pull down on a trapeze handle whilst the other person repositions the clevis pin in the stay adjuster. Ensure that the two shrouds are pinned at the same height in both adjusters. If too much tension is applied it may become difﬁcult for the mast to rotate freely.

Check this before proceeding with raising the sail.

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Main Sail

Always point your Hobie directly into the wind before you raise

the mainsail

Illustration Steps Description

Unfold the sail on the trampoline. Insert the battens into the batten pockets. Fasten each batten as shown on the photos above. To tension the battens, pull tension on the webbing stripes forcing the batten into the pocket and cleat it.

Tension each batten so that the wrinkles in the batten pockets are removed, but not excessively otherwise the sail may be more difﬁcult to handle. Release the tension at the end of the day to avoid stretching the sail while it is not in use.

Attach the main halyard shackle to the sail headboard. Feed the bolt rope of the sail into the slit in the sail track. Proceed to pull down on the main halyard whilst feeding the bolt rope into the slit.

Once the mainsail is fully raised, secure the halyard in the cleat at the bottom of the mast.

Feed the bottom part of the bolt rope (the part that remains at the bottom once the sail is fully raised) into the sail track below the slit.

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Cunningham

Illustration Steps Description

Take the cunningham line in the rope bag (n° 2 page 14)

Take the hook with the double block in the rig bag (n° 3 page 13)

Thread the cunningham line :

1. Insert one end in the pad-eye, make a buckle and stop with a bowline knot.

2. Lead the other end up into the sheave of the double block

3. then down to the cheek block

4. than up into the second sheave of the double block.

5. Sheet in and secure the line in the black cleat at the bottom of the mast.

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Mainsheet system

Illustration Etapes Description

Take the mainsheet system in the rig bag (n° 6 page 14).

It is already assembled.

Fasten the mainsheet ratchet block onto the top of the main traveller on the rear crossbar.

Thread the tail of the mainsheet line through the traveller cleat, then through the traveller car and then secure with a ﬁgure 8 knot at the eyestrap on the aft edge of the rear crossbar.

The triple boom block with the safety hook is ready to headed to the clew point of the main sail. NB : It is best to leave the top block unhooked until the boat is in the water.

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Jib sail assembly (without jib furler - option)

Illustration Etapes Description

Unroll the jib. Take the jib block at the bottom of the mast and ﬁx it to the head of the jib.

Shackle the jib tack point to the forestay adjuster (depending on the sailing conditions).

Clip the jib luff (the front edge of the sail) onto the forestay wire.

Hoist the jib. Secure the jib halyard on the cleat at the bottom of the mast and stow the excess line on the trampoline pocket.

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Jib sail (with jib furler)

Illustration Etapes Description

Unfold the jib and attach the jib halyard to the head of the jib using the shackle supplied. Pull on the halyard to hoist the jib.

Clip the jib luff (the front edge of the sail) onto the forestay wire, as indicated on the photo.

shackle the tack point of the jib to the stay adjuster on the top of the furler. Fasten as low as possible.

Remove the halyard from the small pulley. Use the jib luff tensioner (n° 1 page 14) line to replace the jib halyard (n° 2 page 14).

Fasten the tensioner line to the tack shackle, lead it up through the small block and then down to the cleat on the sail.

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Jib sail assembly

Illustration Etapes Description

Ensure that the line is tight and cleated securely. Enough tension should be applied to remove the wrinkles from the luff of the sail. The jib halyard line can be stored in the trampoline pocket. and the rest of the jib tensioning line in the pocket on the jib.

Installation of the jib sheet line

Take the jib sheet in the rope bag and the jib blocks in the rig bag.

Attach the blocks at the clew point of the jib using the safety hook.

Attach one end of the jib sheet on the ﬁxed point of the left jib block on the front crossbar, lead it through the left pulley on the jib, then down into the block on the crossbar and out through the cleat. Take it to the opposite side of the boat and do the same thing in reverse, ﬁrst the cleat, then up to the jib, then down to the block and ﬁx the end to the ﬁxed point of the block.

The jib sail can now be furled. Ensure that the jib sheet is not cleated and pull down the furler line. When the sail is fully furled, secure the furler line in the ‘V’’ jam cleat on the rear of the crossbar.

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Illustration Steps Description

Place the rudder assembly on the boat pintle.

Note : the Housing may only be installed or removed from the boat pintles when the rudder blade is in-between the upper and lower positions. This is an additional safety feature to keep the rudder on the boat in case of capsize.

Secure the housing to the pintles by placing the keeper over the lower pintle. Make sure that it is completely engaged in the slot.

This new design has a simpliﬁed and more intuitive function. To raise the rudder, raise the tiller ; to lower the rudder, lower the tiller. The rudder automatically locks into either position and is held by spring-loaded detents. The rudder will kick-up if beached or if an obstruction is hit.

Locking pin Attached to the side of each rudder is a locking pin. This pin is designed to keep your rudder in the up position during transportation. Bumpy launch ramps or steep angled beaches could cause the rudders to drop down, causing the blade to dig into the ground. To install the pin, put the rudder in the up position and simply remove the pin that is snapped to the casting and insert it through the hole in the side of the rudder. When you want to put the rudder back down, remove the pin and snap it back into the side of the casting.

Up-keep and precautions

When in use, make sure that the rudder is locked in the down position. You will know if your rudder is not down all the way if steering feels heavy. If used in saltwater, it is always a good idea to rinse rudder assembly with fresh water. If boat is stored outdoors for extended periods of time, without being used, remove rudder assembly and store indoors. Avoid storing rudder assembly in extremely hot locations such as in direct sunglight in a vehicle with windows closed.

Easy Lock Rudder Assembly

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Tiller crossbar and extension

Illustration Steps Description

Tiller crossbar

Insert the stainless steel pins of the tiller crossbar into the two rudder arms.

Then secure the pins with the check plates attached with the shock cords on the rudder arms in order to avoid the rudder arms falling off the tiller crossbar.

Stick

Attach the tiller extension in the middle of the tiller crossbar using the pin and the split ring supplied.

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Righting line and Mast ﬂoating device

Illustration Steps Description

Righting line

Take the righting line in the rope bag (n° 4 page

14). Tie a knot around the dolphin striker as shown on the photo. Take the end up through the middle of the trampoline.

Pull the whole line and stow it in the trampoline pocket.

Mast ﬂoating device

This device prevents the mast from sinking in case of capsize thus allows easy righting. The mast ﬂoat devise is already mounted. You just need to ﬁt it on your mast head (see step 3). If it is not mounted, follow steps 1 to 3 below.

1 Unscrew the four screws that are on the device.

Adjust the alu plate so that the holes ﬁt the four holes on the device and ﬁx it with the screws.

Fix the device on the mast head using the bolt and the two washers as shown on the photo.

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Spinnaker kit (option)

Illustration steps Description

Attach the spinnaker pole on its ﬁxation on the front crossbar.

Take off the 10x40 screws that maintain the bridle anchor plate on the hull and replace them with the eye bolts and plastic washers. Attach the spi pole bridles on the eye-bolts using the 4 mm shakle supplied.

Attach the black spi pole bending rope as shown on the picture.

4 Fix the spi bag on the trumpet.

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Spinnaker kit (option)

Illustration steps Description

Attach the rear of the bag on the front crossbar using the two small white lines : one on the nylon pad-eye on the crossbar, the other to the spi pole ﬁxation.

Position the trumpet on the spinnaker pole in such manner that the bag is well stretched. Fix the trumpet using the two screws supplied.

7 Fix the velcro stripes around the spinnaker pole.

Take the spinnaker halyard falling from the block at the mast head and make a buckle around the spinnaker head and stop it with a bowline knot.

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Spinnaker kit (option)

Illustration steps Description

Take the other loose end of the halyard and thread it in the block that is facing the mast on the spi pole.

10 insert it in one of the sister blocks.

Then thread is through the cam cleat block on the front crossbar.

Take the block that is attached at the end of the shock cord, and ﬁx this assembly to the trampoline rod (see the photo). Thread the spi halyard through this block.

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Spinnaker kit (option)

Illustration steps Description

Then, lead it through the sheave on the front crossbar,

14 then, through the grommet of the spi bag stripe

use a batten as bodkin to insert the halyard all through the bag and have it coming out of the trumpet mouth.

Then insert the halyard in the ﬁrst and in the second ring of the two ﬁrst patches of the spinnaker.

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Spinnaker kit (option)

Illustration steps Description

17 Make a knot in the third patch.

Take the tack line and ﬁx it at the tacking point of the spinnaker, then in the block that is at the end of the spinnaker pole, then lead it through the second sister pulley, that kit back through the pole block and stop it by a knot.

Install the winch blocks at each end of the front crossbar.

Insert the spi sheet in the 1st block, then in the 2nd block - check the way you do it.

Take the two ends through the spi clew point and stop each end by a ﬁgure 8 knot as shown on the picture.

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Spinnaker kit (option) - line circuit

Spinnaker halyard

Spinnaker tack line

Spinnaker sheet line

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