Don't Know How to Rig my Jib

Can someone give me a step by step on rigging the jib?

I can't seem to figure out the combination of the Jib Halyard Wire/Luff Tensioner/Jib Halyard Line and there is also a two small metal clasps that fit together and the small pulley on the left side of the mast. I have read page 16 in Hobie Cat Assembly Manual http://static.hobiecat.com/digital_asse ... Manual.pdf But I do not see the how it works.

I raise the Jib with the Jib Halyard Wire. The Jib reaches the top of the forestay and I do not know how to secure the Jib. What do I do once I get the Jib up?

Thanks,
Scott and Dur

those little clips that fit together are called, "sister clips". i have a standard H18 and do not have the jam cleat on the sail, so after unhooking the sister clips, i just tie it off, on the second shackle. you want to have enough tension on this to where the head stay goes slack.
IMPORTANT! make sure you have the furling drum mounted correctly. one way, the furling line flows in and out of the drum freely and directly. mounted backwards, the line rubs on the opening of the drum. if the line is rubbing on the drum opening, as you try to furl the jib, it is backwards.

The small pulley on the left side of the mast (by the gooseneck fitting) is the downhaul pulley. It has nothing to do with the jib halyard other than some people use it as a tie-off point for the halyard when the jib is not hoisted.

The jib halyard system consists of three lines - the wire halyard, the rope halyard (thin line about 20' long), and the luff tensioner line (~1/8" diameter line about 2' long).

1) Pre-tension rig by tightening shrouds and/or using main halyard & main blocks to pre-load the forestay.
2) Ensure the rope halyard is tied to the thimble at the end of the wire halyard.
3) Connect the shackle on the wire halyard to the grommet at the head of the jib.
4) Place the section of the wire halyard which is coming down from the halyard pulley (the end of the halyard you pull on) inside the luff sleeve of the jib and then wrap the luff sleeve around the forestay and zipper shut. (I.e., the halyard ends up inside the luff sleeve).
5) Hoist the jib zipping the luff sleeve as you go. Leave the last 1-2 feet of the zipper open.
6) Use the bow shackle to connect the jib tack grommet to the forestay adjuster and tie the luff tensioner line to the shackle.
7) Route the other end of the luff tensioner line up through the thimble/pulley at the end of the wire halyard (the same spot where the rope halyard is tied) and then down to the cleat near the jib tack. Tension the luff to the desired tension and then cleat/tie off the luff tensioner line.
8 ) Untie the rope halyard from the wire halyard and stow in one of the tramp pockets.
9) Zip the jib luff down the remainder of the way.

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Thank you guys for your detailed response.

Does the Jib Halyard wire come back down the mast or the forstay?

See SRM's Point #4, place the wire halyard INSIDE the luff zipper, then start zipping down as you raise the jib.

Once you have raised and are ready to 'set' the jib halyard tension, raise the main and sheet it in HARD.
[better not to do this in windy conditions, to avoid being blown over.]
This 'sets' the rig tension, and now you can 'set' the jib tension.
Another way to do this is to have your crew hang off a hiking wire, as far to the stern as they can.

This is a bit like riding a bicycle.... difficult at first, and once done, you'll never forget how.

Good winds

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An even better way to do this is to connect the halyard ring to the boom and hoist up the boom so that the aft end is about 2-3 feet above the rear crossbar. Then tie off the halyard to the mast base and pull in the mainsheet. It does not need to be pulled real hard, just snug it up so the forestay is firm. The idea is just that you don't want the jib halyard taking the forestay load.

sm

Everything what srm wrote, except. . .
I learned an easier way. 1. After putting the halyard and forestay inside the zipper, zip the zipper about one foot to hold the head of the sail in place.
2. Then tie the bitter end of the jib halyard to the hole in the zipper tab (I don't know the name, but it's the part of the zipper you grab and pull) and hoist the jib most of the way up until you can reach the tack.
3. Then shackle the jib tack to hold it in place.
4. Then pull the end of the halyard tied to the zipper and zip it shut.

This is much easier than hoist-zip-hoist-zip-hoist-zip.

Interesting idea. Have not tried that one before, but we do tie a 6" or so piece of line to the pull tab on the zipper to make the zipper a little easier to grab.

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Thanks gang...

Got her figured out.

-S&D

Last Saturday, a bright and warm 29C, with 9 knot winds, we had a friendly 'race' back towards the harbour with my 76 year old buddy.
On his GPS, he clocked our top speed at 29.4 kph, or nearly 16 knots.

So put the H18 together and go sailing and enjoy!

_________________
2015 H16, with spin,
SOLD 1989 Hobie SX18 Sail # 1947 "In Theory..."
'Only two things are infinite, the universe, and human stupidity. But I'm not sure about the former.'