I spoke on the phone to Jacques at Hobie. He was very helpful and gave good advice. Thanks Jacques much appreciated. FYI
Turns out the front t handle had been pulled off and was lost. The rigging for retracting the rudder had been pulled out of the hull. I was able to rig the rear back up but had problems fishing the cord through that small hole for the front. As Jacques recommended I used a hot knife to keep the end of the cord small.
In the end I did not reconnect the front T handle as it became to difficult to thread the cord through the front hole. It could be the shortened cord, and I did release the tension. The back one is all I need for now. When I get close to a Hobie dealership I will stop in and purchase a new T handle and rigging.
thanks very much Hobie great service!