Cam Quick Release?

Either I should have been born a blonde..... OR I genuinely can't seem to find any information about this. Both my lower rudder castings have a quick release for the cam. There is no mention of this on the parts guide and my google search's have come up empty. Judging from the looks it's simply a small bolt which runs directly through the plunger and extrudes through both sides of the casting.
IF parts are nolonger made for these has anybody constructed a DIY?

Cheers in advance, Matt

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2007 Hobie 16 - 'Slingshot'
1996 Hobie 18 - 'Onrails'
Hobie Bravo - 'Hobie Bites'

Photo? That sounds odd. I could imagine a bolt up thru the adjuster screw... spring and threaded to the plunger to pull down the plunger?

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA

Photos attached Matt.
I'm starting to wonder if these are from another brand perhaps? Looks Hobie to me but I'm no expert. The H17 I bought is from the 1999 Worlds held in Melbourne Australia (Hull#2261 Sail#5338) It's a genius solution when your cam locks without the upper casting in place.

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2007 Hobie 16 - 'Slingshot'
1996 Hobie 18 - 'Onrails'
Hobie Bravo - 'Hobie Bites'

I've been told by a reliable Hobie source here down under that this must have been machine engineered by a previous owner. Looking over the setup I'm sure I can replicate this to the other casting.

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2007 Hobie 16 - 'Slingshot'
1996 Hobie 18 - 'Onrails'
Hobie Bravo - 'Hobie Bites'

That's pretty slick!

I actually came up with a similar mod that I did to my castings. It is much simpler, but works well. If you remove the plastic plunger, you will see that it's hollow inside. I took a small piece of line about 6" long (batten tie line) and epoxied it into the plunger so it sticks out like a tail. Then I re-assembled the cam components and passed the end of the line through the spring and through the plastic cam adjusting screw (this screw also comes with a hole through it). Then I took a small ball stop and tied it to the line. If the cam gets stuck in the down position, I can reach back with one hand and pull down on the line and flip the cam back up with the other hand.

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And that's class legal, because it doesn't modify the casting . . .

Very cool. Never seen that.

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Warranty and Technical Support
Hobie Cat USA

Yeah no racing to be done on this old girl, just social Hobie sailing at its best with a mixed fleet of H14's, H16's and H18's finally adding the first H17.

srm that's not a bad idea either. Simple, easy to setup and functions for it's intended purpose. When I figure out a replacement screw setup simular to the one I've posted i'll add some photos here.

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2007 Hobie 16 - 'Slingshot'
1996 Hobie 18 - 'Onrails'
Hobie Bravo - 'Hobie Bites'

Great idea!


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