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| Author: | ewbike [ Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Righting a Hobie 16 |
I have a Hobie 16 with a Mama bob mast float. I have an Hawaiian style righting system. How much weight dose it take to right the boat. I am 6'3 and 180 pounds. Can i right it my self? thanks, Evan |
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| Author: | Seabass8989 [ Tue May 22, 2007 5:29 am ] |
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i Was wondering the same thing. i've asked but never recieved an answer! i know i have had trouble with more weight than you have but i think something was wrong. |
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| Author: | Coral Reefer [ Tue May 22, 2007 6:48 am ] |
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I'm 6 ft and 205, have no problem righting and all I have is a double line running between the pylons with a slip knot . |
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| Author: | Barren [ Tue May 22, 2007 8:08 am ] |
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I'm 2 and a half bills @ 6'1", so I figure I can right my 16 by myself.. but I haven't tried yet... |
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| Author: | abbman [ Tue May 22, 2007 8:18 am ] |
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I would say yes and no. I'm 6'5" and 240 and can usually right it myself solo. But alot of it depends on the conditions. It seems to be much more difficult when there isn't much wind. I'm sure having the mast bob will give you an added advantage. Make sure your mast is pointed at a slight angle to the wind and all of your sheets are uncleated. On my 16 I used a quick release shackle to attach my blocks to the boom so that when I capsize I can just take the upper block off of the boom. I found that sometimes just uncleating the mainsheet would still give some resistance as the line fed out, most of the time when I capsize I'm sheeted in pretty hard. But there have been times when I just couldn't right it solo (little wind and really really tired) I don't think there is really a sure fire answer to this question. A lot of it depends on technique. I would say go out with some buddies, preferably someone with another boat. Capsize and give it a try, it is the only way you will ever really know if you can right it solo. And to answer your question about how much weight it takes to right the 16, from what I understand, and one of the Matt's please feel free to clarify, Hobie set the minimum weight requirement for racing the 16 based on how much weight it takes to reliably right the 16, 285lbs. |
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