Hobie 16 User Manual

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Mast Preparation
1. Take the wire sets and install
them along the mast as
shown on the drawing below :
• helm’s trapeze (2)
• crew’s trapeze (3)
• shroud (4)
• forestay + pigtail (5)
• shroud
•crew’s trapeze
• helm’s trapeze
Use the shackle to fix the wires
to the mast tang (1) insuring
that :
a) the trapezes are slipped
around the shackle pin apart
from the mast tang.
b) the forestay is between the
two shrouds
2. Attach the big block to the
pigtail with a shackle. Hook
the halyard to the small block
with a bowline block. Slip it
into the lower sheave of the
big block then back to the
sheave of the samll block and
then in the upper heave of
the big block. (see the draw-
ing).
3. Take the small block down
to the bottom of the mast.
Thread the jib halyard around
the cheek block at the base
of the mast, through the jib
downhaul block and around
the cleat as shown.

Hobie 16 Specifications

General

Category	Catamaran
Length	16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
Sail Area	218 sq ft (20.3 m2)
Hull Material	Fiberglass
Weight	320 lbs (145 kg)
Beam	2.41 meters (7.9 feet)
Mast Height	26 ft 6 in (8.07 m)