My "new" '82 is going back to the water after 16 y

I found it like this:



*rotten lines
*broken mast base
*moldy/crusty/torn tramp

16 years it sat since the last time it touched water... she only sailed for 8 years... I figure she has many more years of sailing left in her!

I replaced all the above, new tramp, new mast base, and new lines (thanks Brad @ sunjammers.com!)... I stepped the mast today and raised the jib too. I ran out of time to put the boom on and raise the main, hopefully I'll have time tomorrow.

I plan to put it in the water on Monday!





There she is now in my back yard.

I'm 29 and relatively new to sailing... as a kid my parents had a 19' monohaul that my dad would heel so far over there would be water coming in... as a kid that scared me.. now I can't wait to fly a hull! I have an uncle who has a 37' tartan that he keeps in Rhode Island, I spent 2 weeks on his boat this summer with him sailing to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket... I can't wait to get this on the water here in Oshkosh, Wisconsin!

Barren,

All I can say is WOW !!!!!! You da man !!!!!

Happy Sailing,

David

I'm not sure why I'm "the man"... but I hope it's because I rescued this hobie from it's stagnant place of rest where it would have most likely sat for another 10 years until somebody finally took it to the junk yard...

What a waste that would have been... A little bit of money and some love and this thing is going to provide me with tons of excitement and pleasure!

You still need a couple of things (you will always "need" a couple of more things)

2 sets of Trapeze wires (and harnesses) and carpet/non-skid on the sidebars (wet, bare aluminum is slippery like ice when you're on the trapeze)

An observation - the boat is way too far forward on the trailer. The center of gravity of the boat is approximately at the shroud attachment points. You want to put that between the crossmembers of the trailer so that weight is distributed on all four rollers. You've got all the weight on the front two rollers, which could cause the boat to pitch forward (off the trailer).

I have 4 trapeze wires, I just didn't put them on yet. Since I've never hiked out before or sailed a cat, and I only have a month really to use it this year, I am going to just lean over the edge this year..

Next year, I plan to replace the trapeze setup that I have and harnesses. They are all original Hobie wires with the little hook thing and butt bucket diaper harnesses.

What is the suggested non-skid material? Do I get some rubber grip stuff that they use on jet skis?

Thanks for the trailer observation... I'll slide it back.. I wondered why it wasn't very sturdy sitting on there. It probably slid forward when we moved it by hand into my back yard, I had removed all the straps to replace the tramp and step the mast.

I hoisted the main today...





If all goes well in my other "rudder question" thread.. it will hit the water tomorrow!

Looks great, good luck!

Do people name their cats? I thought I saw somebody on here that listed the names of their cats... I'm going to have to think of something clever for my new toy.

Make sure before you take it out for real that the main halyard is latched at the top (the little slug on the halyard wire goes under that clip at the top of the mast).

The photo shows that you're about 18" short of having the main all the way up.

If you don't get the halyard hooked, you can pull the cleat right off the mast - they aren't made to take the load.

here's another photo for you:

Thanks for the info... when I got near the top of the mast with the main, it was very hard to pull... I ended up walking around to the front of the boat to actually get it up to where it was when I took the pictures. It looked a little low to me... but I didn't have any gloves handy...

I'll be sure to get it notched before we set sail.

You found that boat?? Just laying around in sombody's yard?? What a boat, it is amazing!!!

I have a feeling she will be just as happy to get back on the water as you will being on the water.

great job.

Sam

Yeah, the last two feet or so of the main is difficult to hoist. You'll need to use your hands to stuff the bolt rope up the mast track a few inches at a time while taking up the slack with the halyard. Don't try to get it up all at once.

Oh. . . and for the side bars I recommend getting the neoprene rail kit from the Hobie catalog. The carpet gets wet and stays wet, then it gets you wet when you don't want to.

first, that is a Beautiful boat.

And I would recommend naming it. Havent you seen forrest gump? its bad luck to sail a boat without a name. you wont catch any shrimp at all. plus its fun.

anyway, ive found that just cleaning the bolt rope on teh sail with some strong cleaning solution, (nothing that eats through fabrics of course) and then getting a toothbrush with a thin neck and sliding it back and forth on both sides of the track really helps alot. Also, practice pulling the entire main halyard through the nast head pulley back and forth. Mine got snagged near the top because a kink in the pulley combined with a kink in the rope where the wire began made a large amount of friction

good luck. Post pictures from the water.

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Peter Scranton
'14 Tandem Island "Awesome"
'03 Windrider Rave "Menage a Trois"

The boat was sitting in the back yard of a business associate.. along with a few other small sailboats. He lives on a small lake and likes to teach kids how to sail... which is why he bought the hobie, 10 years ago.. but the lake he lives on is really too small to sail the cat, so he just used his sunfish... He never got around to fixing the hobie up. I mentioned that I had gotten in to sailing and he said he had a boat for sail.. so it worked out nicely.

It really didn't need all the much... the new lines and trampoline made all the difference in the world. I had to replace the tiller extension too, but really not a big deal. Obviously the broken mast base kept anybody from actually sailing the boat for so long, but that was only a $47 investment into a new one. I have a little more than $1000 into it now and it's ready to sail... I think I did pretty well for my money.

Now to come up with a name... I have access to vinyl cutters, so it will be easy to apply the name.. the hard part is coming up with one.