drain plugs are important

my fishing boat stays in the water all summer long but at this point i'm still trailering the hobie until i get my floating dock built so drain plugs are not something i think of. Today was the 3rd trip on the hobie and i was a bit concerned because the winds picked up but the kids really wanted to go so we gave it a shot. Hit the ramp and everything went super smooth. I put the wife and kids on the tramp and shoved off the beach. got about 300 yards off the beach and my wife said something completely unrelated and triggered that "oh F%#$ feeling. I said we are going to sink. Those few words got the attention of everyone on board. I told my daughter to get ready to come around we need to get back to the beach NOW. It really is amazing how much water these things can take and still stay afloat. I'm not sure how much was in there but it was a solid stream running out the holes for more than a minute. Got her emptied out and gave it another run but the wind combined with the holiday traffic kept the day pretty short for this rookie with the kids on board. So far every trip i have learned something new but loving every minute of it.

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'73 hobie 16 restored 2011
'00 Seaswirl fishin boat

"We are going to sink" - Yep, that's guaranteed to get the attention of everyone on board any vessel.

There's one thing that makes these hulls fill incredibly efficiently and that's the vent holes in the pylons. On most other boats, there has to be a little bit of air escaping through the same hole to allow the water to come in, but on a vented hull like these, it's almost a free flowing torrent.

Glad you made it back in time, though.

I used to work in a ski boat workshop and we had a saying for when it came to running aground, or leaving the drain plugs out:

"There's only 2 kinds of boat owners around - The ones who have done it, and the ones who are gonna!".

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'97 Hobie 16.

Skype: rob_arnolda

i'm glad to get the stupidity out of my system early.

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'73 hobie 16 restored 2011
'00 Seaswirl fishin boat

I think I would have jumped in the water right away and swim to the stern to screw in the plugs, then head back to shore.

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Marc...
1978 Hobie 16 Keoke, sail# 36 84

I love it when people admit these things... Lets me know I am not alone..

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www.thehobiewayoflife.com

56kz.... I would have if they were actually in the boat. They were in the goody box in my truck.

I'm not too proud to admit the dumb crap i do. It makes for funny stories as long as no one got hurt. If some one got hurt then the stories are hilarious.

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'73 hobie 16 restored 2011
'00 Seaswirl fishin boat

We all learn from our mistakes. And when we share our mistakes, others can learn from our mistakes.

I pulled a stupid one 2 weeks ago, I was adding more rake to my mast. I adjusted the forestay first using the jib halyard to hold the mast up. I then adjusted one shroud without problem because the tension was on the other shroud. So I went to the other side, and bang, mast fell. Worse part is I told a friend a month ago that it was easy to adjust the shrouds using 2 pins and walk them up or down the chainplate, if only I had used that trick.

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Marc...
1978 Hobie 16 Keoke, sail# 36 84

2 pins.... brilliant. I have all brand new rigging and still only setting it up 3 times now, i'm trying to figure everything out. I do find myself tightening down the shrouds after i get the mast up and it makes me nervous as hell to pull that pin out with just me holding the shroud. 2 pins will be used next time!!

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'73 hobie 16 restored 2011
'00 Seaswirl fishin boat

Just put on your trapeze harness, hook up and hold the mast like that while adjusting the shroud..

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I connect the main halyard shackle to the mainsheet block, move the traveler to the side that I want to adjust pull the mainsheet snug enough to make my adjustment and make it. Then if necessary move to the other side.

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Big Dan
1982 H16

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