Handling And Maintenance - Hobie catsy Owner's Manual

Hobie Cat® Europe
Owner's Manual - Hobie Catsy
HanDlInG & MaIntEnanCE
before sailing, check the following points :
1/ Install the drain plugs (if any) – do not overtighten, hand tight is sufficient. Overtightening may
cause the drain plug flange to distort and cause leakage.
2/ Tension the rig. This can be accomplished by having your assistant hang from the trapeze or you
can use mainsheet tension on one side at a time so that you can adjust the shroud position in the
side stay adjusters.
3/ Fit the daggerboards into the daggerboards wells.
4/ Check all fastenings :
- Mast tang shackles and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)
- pins and trapeze rope locks (to prevent falling out in the water if the trapeze is not well fastened)
- pins and spring rings on the forestay and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)
- spring rings on the rudder pins (to prevent loosing the rudder assembly in case of capsizing)
transport
Afin d'éviter d'endommager les coques :
In order to avoid hull damages :
- Always use a dolley to transport your Hobie on the beach (even if it is sand beach) and for launching. Step into the water
with the dolley and once the cata is afloat take out the dolley.
- DO NOT BEACH. Beaching, even smoothly, may damage the hulls. use your beach dolley to take the boat out of the
water.
- For towing, always use an homologated road trailer with cradles.
launching your Hobie Cat
Launching the boat is easiest when the boat can be pointed into the wind to keep it de-powered and floated into deep
enough water to lower the rudders.
It is possible to launch in shallow water with the rudders partly up.
Try not to steer with too much force on the rudders until you lock them in the down position.
Keep the sail loose and trimmed out completely until you can power up and steer away from any obstacle.
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