Sail; Downhaul And Adjustment; Mainsheet; Rudder Assembly - Hobie WAVE Assembly Manual

8. RAISING THE SAIL
Place the sail in the center of the trampoline with the
exposed batten ends to the rear. The front of the sail
has what is called a "luff rope" running the length of it.
This rope is fed into the mast "luff" track when raising
the sail.
As shown in figure
8a, hook the halyard
to the top of the sail.
Pass the tail end of
the halyard line
through the thimble
that holds the halyard
hook and tie a knot.
This will create a con-
tinuous loop with the
halyard such as a flag
halyard. This will
FIGURE 8a
allow you to pull the
halyard hook back down the mast if the hook disen-
gages from the sail while hoisting. Feed the top portion
of sail into the mast track opening, then begin pulling on
the halyard line. Use caution to be sure the sail feeds
smoothly into the mast while raising. Hoist the sail all
the way to the top of the mast. It will be necessary to
help feed the sail into the track while hoisting.
As shown in figure
8b, there is a two fin-
gered hook at the top
of the mast. The hal-
yard has a small bead
of metal which is held
by this hook when
fully raised.
When fully raised, pull
the halyard line, while
FIGURE 8b
still holding tension,
forward and away from the mast (figure 8b). Keep the
line centered with the mast. Then, pull the line back
against the mast. This will place the bead below the two
fingered hook. Release the halyard to engage the hook
(figure 8c). Repeat the process if the sail does not
remain at the top of the mast. The line must be centered
with the mast to engage the hook. Tie the halyard line to
the mast cleat.
9. DOWNHAUL
Locate the downhaul line. Tie it to the sail "tack" grom-
met near the mast (when finished sailing, leave it tied
here). Pass the line down and through the center of the
cleat mounted in the luff track of the mast. Run the line
up to and through the "tack" grommet. Run the line back
down to the cleat. Tension it and then tie to the cleat as
shown in "knots" on page 4.
Hook
FIGURE 8c
DOWNHAUL ADJUSTMENTS
The downhaul should be tensioned just enough to
remove the horizontal wrinkles in the sail luff (forward
area). The boat will perform best with light tension in
light air and a bit more when the wind is stronger.

10. MAINSHEET

Hook the mainsheet to the
"clew" grommet at the rear of
the

sail

as shown
figure 10.
11. RUDDER
ASSEMBLY
Position the rudders as shown
in Figure 11a. There is a left
and a right rudder. Note the
arms extending from the upper
rudder castings. These "upper
rudder" castings have an
angle molded into them. The
arms should be angled
towards the center of the boat.
You will also see a colored tab on the end of each arm,
one green, one red. The red tab indicates the left rudder
and the green the right.
As shown in figure 11,
line up the rudder pintles
(metal pegs on the hulls)
with the rudder castings
(holes with plastic bush-
ings). Push the rudder
castings down onto the
pintles.
The rudder arm may
need to be unlocked to
allow easy positioning.
Insert the retainer pins to
lock the rudders
in place. The pins will
prevent the rudders from
falling off the boat in the
event of a capsize.
The rudders are locked in the down position by pushing
the rudder arm aft which will seat the rudder against the
lower casting. Push the arm down to engage the locking
cam.
To release, lift the arm, then pull the arm forward until
the rudder is in the "up" position. Place the arm down to
engage the upper casting with the lower casting.
Beaching will automatically release the rudders.
10
in
FIGURE 10
Retainer pin
FIGURE 11