Jib gets caught up in the Mast

Thanks. Any suggestions how much I will need to trim?

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Michael
'86 H16 #91487

The simplest fix is to cut the top 2 battens so when they're in tight,the leech ends a flush with the leech. Then drill a hole through the batten using the batten eye as a guide, then run small stuff through the eye and drilled hole and around teh back of the batten(notch it) and tie it(square knot). Then cover the whole thing with sail tape. Be sure to trim the xs line,or fold it back torwards the luff. The top 2 battens do nothing for you,so leaving them permantly in won't affect performance.

MACOTAC

LOL.. I leave my battens in all the time... even over the winter. Am I a bad person? I don't even loosen them.. but they aren't so tight that they won't sit flat.

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1982 H16 (C:\Worthy)
Yellow/White Prism type sails

what is the dime tack???

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1971 H16 (sail #1768)

To all of you on the Hobie Forum... I love you guys!!!
thanks for all the help!

DIME TACK (Performed when the boat is stationary or moving very slowly.)
1. Push the tiller hard over as if to turn the boat up into the wind.
2. Grasp the boom or main sheet blocks and pull it to weather until the boat is tacked.
3. Reverse the rudders when the boat moves backwards.
4. Release the sheets leaving the sails loose. You are now in the Safety Position on the other tack.

I can't seem to tack without stalling almost every time. So I think that this dime tack is going to come in very handy!

Jason

Dime tack is not really designed as a tack when you are trying to get upwind,more of a racing manover for changing tacks without going too far forward. Llike when you are close to the starting line and you want to hold your posistion but get on the other tack.Take a look at the Hobie University download it gives a nice detailed diagram of tacking smoothly.

Your tacking issue will be related to speed through the tack. A cat can not pivot on a center point like a mono hull. The two hulls track straight and drag more through turns. Tacking from a reach will cause the boat to slow too much before it gets head-to-wind. You need to round up to a higher angle of sail before jamming the rudder hard over.

Round up slowly and sheet in. Sail at a "close hauled" angle, with speed. Start the tack by steering slowly into it. Steering hard is like putting on the brakes. As the boat goes head to wind and slows, steer harder over and then sheet out the main once the sail luffs. Keep the jib cleated and let it back-wind the bow through the tack. This lets the bow cross onto the next tack. A sheeted main will "weather vane" the boat into the wind. So force the main out several feet. Let the bow get well past the next tack angle and then release the jinb and re-sheet on the next tack, then sheet in the main slowly.

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Matt Miller
Former - Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA
(Retired 11/7/2022)