New old 16 question on forestay

My son just got a 1979 16 and we are trying to figure out how the forestay connects to the v-cables. Is there supposed to be a turn buckle or some to adjust the tension? the shrouds do not have turnbuckles either so I am not sure how we are supposed to get the mast adjusted properly. Can anyone help?!

thank you

The jib halyard sets the rig tension (which should not be very tight).

The forestay should be slack with the jib up. The wire in the luff of the jib acts as the forestay when the boat is rigged.

The forestay attached to the bridle wires with a shroud adjuster, a clevis pin and a shackle.

I do not have a jib yet, can I sail it at all without a jib?

I've never tried sailing my H16 that way, I would suspect not. As others have mentioned, with the jib up the forestay goes slack. With no jib, the mast might have too much aft rake, the aft end of the boom might be too low, etc. Unless you can find some way to tension the mast to the bridle wires, as the jib would normally do.

In the 16, the jib is critical to the overall aerodynamics of the mainsail and especially to tacking.

By all means you can sail your 16 with out a jib, you are going to have to run a line up to the mast tang then down to the bridal chain plate ,use this to pull tension on the rig ,pull it tight then go sailing.

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Bodhisatfa

I guess you could also use a short extension to the jib halyard attaching it to the chainplate to create desired tension rather than running an extr line to the tang. Tacking would be interesting w/o the jib however

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1985 Prindle 16

Thanks for all the input! I havent sailed a Hobie since I was in high school. I seem to remember the jib being needed. But this is my son's project and he is determined to take it out this weekend. Should be interesting!

thanks all again!

My jib halyard snapped out in the ocean 3 weeks ago, and I was able to make it back to the Marina without much problem. My boat (1981 16) performed better than I thought it would without the jib.
I didn't even think about the lack of tension in the standing rig. Looking back, I'm glad I didn't think of it, because I don't know how I would have added tension out on the water. The standing rig is very loose without the jib on my boat. I think I'm going to tighten the forestay a bit...

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frank pichel, H16 Veribold, #71146