One of the hottest accessories for the Hobie Island is a spinnaker kit. We have made a couple of changes to enhance the ease of use of these great accessories to make them even better.
72020350 - SPINNAKER KIT ADVENTURE ISLAND72020351 - SPINNAKER KIT TANDEM ISLANDUPDATED 2017 - There is an issue that has come up from time to time. When the sail is not in use, the spinnaker halyard / back stay can get hooked on the mainsail battens when tacking, gybing or when furling the sail. Keeping a bit of tension on the halyard to keep it from drooping and catching the batten ends is critical.
We have done two things to help prevent this from happening. We added a bit of additional height to the mast top swivel base. This was a running change started late (2017):
This new enhanced part is available for use with older kits:
79503121 BASE - SPINNAKER MAST ROTATOR $5.00 ListThis part raises the mast topper and gives more room for the battens to pass under the halyard.
The following is the latest update and is available for all older kits at no charge. Designer Jim Czarnowski had intended to include a cleat on the aft crossbar at the end of the spinnaker bag (for the spinnaker retrieval line). This cleat is used to lock the snuffed spinnaker within the bag which allows tension to be applied to the halyard. You snuff the spinnaker and cleat the retrieval line. Then tension the halyard without pulling the spinnaker back out of the bag. This keeps the lines from drooping and catching on the battens.
We are now including the following parts in all spinnaker kits:
1 ea 10730021 - CLAMCLEAT STBD BLACK2 ea 8031032 - SCREW, 10-16x1" SELF-TAP S.S.New instructions include information about the cleat placement and installation.
New Spinnaker Installation Instructions:
https://static.hobiecat.com/item_attachments/Island_Spinnaker_Kit_Instructions.pdfBoth items make for more care free use of the Island Spinnaker Kit.
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