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| Author: | Parkert-2 [ Sun Jul 07, 2024 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
I Moor my Hobie 16’ in summer in a bay on Long Island. What length chain and line should I use in 4’ of water (high tide). FYI….If a storm is coming, I put it on a trailer. There is a chain and line from the mooring anchor to the buoy. I put a separate line from the buoy to the Hobie. Do I hook to a hull or to the center? How long of a line from the Hobie to the buoy? How long chain and line from buoy to the anchor? |
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| Author: | sxrracer [ Mon Jul 08, 2024 2:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
I always read it was not good to moor a hobie. strains all the attachment points. Plus the hulls are not to fond of it. |
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| Author: | srm [ Tue Jul 09, 2024 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
Correct. Mooring Hobies is generally frowned upon. They don’t track well into the wind/waves. Rigging is loose so it will bang around and take a beating. No specific anchoring points on the hulls to tie off to. The hulls will absorb water (unless painted with bottom paint), leading to soft spots and degradation. Sails are difficult to raise when your’re standing in water up to your waist with the boat turning and bouncing around. sm |
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| Author: | jclarkdawe [ Wed Jul 10, 2024 4:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
See https://www.hobie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=63691 Jim Clark-Dawe |
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| Author: | DAG250 [ Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
I posted and directed this request to Matt Miller on another forum a couple of days ago. I just looked him up and discovered that he passed recently. RIP. He was definitely part of the Hobie fabric. I also understand that Bass Pro Shops recently acquired Hobie. I would like to get my hands on the technical drawings for both the Hobie 16 mast base and step. I'm going to try to fabricate a heavier-duty step and base that rotates and can be left at a mooring. My moored area has some wave action and, given enough time, probably enough to tear the original apart. If it works, I'll open-source the new base drawings to the community and to Hobie. David |
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| Author: | mmiller [ Mon Jan 12, 2026 3:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Mooring a Hobie 16’ |
mmiller wrote: Wow! I passed away?
Nope still here.  Just not working for Hobie and not as involved in forums as I used to be.Technical drawings are not available as these are current production parts. |
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