Trap Wire Length

We were down on the beach on Monday getting the Hobie's ready for pull out for the winter:cry: when I eyeballed the trap wires on both my H16 and my buddies H16 and noticed my wire's seemed longer than his.Sure enough when I got the tape measure out my wires were 3" longer than his.(easy with the jokes here boy's)
My question is: what if any is the standard Hobie factory length for a trap wire?

Thanks.Rob

Don't know the length, looks like you may be 25 lbs heavier than your buddy?

Seriously, it depends on how they were set up and possibly modified. Look on Page 10 of the 2007-2008 catalogue. If yours are upgraded to the double adjustable traps, they will be shorter by about 8". Perhaps your buddies' broke one time, and they were cut and re-thimbled.

Real question is why are you taking your Hobie out so early when there is at least one more weekend of sailing? Where do you sail out of? NSC? Brittania? LDSC? Email me off line at lunnjohn at magma dot ca.

This Saturday is 'take out' day at Kanata Sailing Club, and I agree, boo hoo, so sad.

_________________
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.'

According to the Book of Knowledge: 16 ft 9-1/8 in

The trap wires for '09 boats will be about 2 inches shorter.

Thanks for that info. guys. ......wish I had a Book of Knowledge !!

John, I'll e-mail you.

The sum of the Book of Knowledge is generally available online. Either off of hobiecat.com or www.hcana.hobieclass.com.

I have a 3-ring binder full of print outs. The BoK. Though it does include some data not generally available to the public.

Cheers

Trap wire lengths varied greatly over the years.

One guy would say they are too long... another too short. Depends on Mast rake too. The factory was bouncing around like a ping pong ball trying to accommodate everyone.

Back in about 1989 I set the standard length per boat model by noting that the black handle should be 32" off the deck or wing you are trapping from. This works for most users.

_________________
Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)

Matt,thanks for the info.This is great.I bet there will be a lot of guys bringing a tape measure down to their Hobie's now for a quick measurement.Have a good weekend.

Matt freakin wrote the book of knowledge as far as I can tell.

_________________
Sail Revolution
Join us on our new FB Page!