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  • Page 1 Hobie 16 ® Owners Manual...
  • Page 3 In 1950, Hobie’s dream was born in his parents’ garage when he decided to apply his love of woodworking to the sport of surfing. Dad backed out the Buick... Hobie carved out his very first surfboard... Hobie’s business of fun had begun.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Handling and Maintenance ...........................8 Warranty ................................10 Your Distribution ............................12 Assembly Manual List of the Parts ..............................13 Hull/Crossbar Assembly ..........................15 Trampoline Assembly/Righting Line ......................16 Rudder Assembly ............................18 Adjust Rudder Rake ............................20 Mast Preparation ............................24 Stepping the Mast ............................27 Main Sail ................................28 Boom and Cunningham ..........................30...

  • Page 5: Terminology

    Terminology Battens Forestay Sail Shroud Mast Downhaul Boom Forestay / Bridle Adjuster Main Sheet System Tiller Arm Bridle Rudderhead Hull Rudder hobie.com...

  • Page 6: Safety Advice

    Safety Advice Read Carefully Before Sailing: • Whether on land or on the water, WATCH FOR OVERHEAD POWER LINES. Contact with power lines can cause serious injury or death. DO NOT sail while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs •...
  • Page 7 INTERNATIONAL HOBIE CLASS ASSOCIATION (I.H.C.A.) Hobie Cat owners are organized in a world-wide class association: the IHCA (International Hobie Class Association). For North America, you can contact the Hobie Class Association of North America. Visit their web site : http://hcaona.hobieclass.com...

  • Page 8: Handling And Maintenance

    Transport In order to avoid hull damages : - Always use a dolly to transport your Hobie on the beach (even if it is sand beach) and for launching. Step into the water with the dolly and once the cat is afloat take out the dolly.
  • Page 9 This is not compatible with safe sailing. • Hobie Cat does not recommend leaving your Hobie in the water on a mooring. Accelerated wear to the boat and rigging will be •...

  • Page 10: Warranty

    Hobie is subjected to over its life. We have been engineering fun on the water since 1950. However, we can’t engi-...
  • Page 11 Damage caused by abuse or failure to perform normal maintenance. Damage caused by alterations or modifications. Transportation of boat or parts to Hobie Cat Company or its dealers. Any boat used as a rental or placed in commercial service of any kind.

  • Page 12: Your Distribution

    Please carefully read the warranty conditions written in this manual. Please carefully and thoroughly read this manual. Keep it in a safe place. Give it to the new owner if you resell your Hobie.

  • Page 13: List Of The Parts

    2 Trapeze shock cords 4 trapeze lines Cordages 1. Main halyard rope on mast 2. Jib sheet 3. Righting line 4. Rigged Jib halyard rope 5. Main sail downhaul line 6. Trampoline side lacing line 7. 2 trampoline rear lacing lines hobie.com...
  • Page 14 List of Parts Rig bag 2 stay adjusters + twist toggles 2 stay adjuster + shackles Additional stay adjuster 4 pylon screws + 4 pylon screws 2 rudder pin 2 jibsheet blocks + shackles Teflon washer 4 split rings 2 drain plugs + washers Gooseneck Mainsheet system...

  • Page 15: Hull/Crossbar Assembly

    Strike the casting directly over the pylon only. Use the soft mallet only. 3. Install the four pylon bolts and nuts, with the nuts inboard. Tighten securely, but do not over-torque. hobie.com...

  • Page 16: Trampoline Assembly/Righting Line

    Trampoline Assembly - Righting Line 1. Insert trampoline half into the flared sidebar track so that the grommets are running down the center and across the back. Position the forward edge even with the forward crossbar. Insert the forward edge of the trampoline into the front cross bar track adjacent to the corner casting and slide...
  • Page 17 Righting line Attach the righting line to one of the front pylon with a figure eight knot. Tie the other end to the opposite pylon. The line should be lead under the trampoline through the center lacing. hobie.com...

  • Page 18: Rudder Assembly

    Rudder Assembly Rudder head Identify the right rudder as- sembly and the left one. They must not be reversed. Slip the rudder pin down through the casting and gudgeons. Insert the split pin in the hole of the rudder pin so that it prevents it from falling down.
  • Page 19 The screw under the tiller crossbar allows for this adjustment. Unscrew it and you can move the bar inside or outside. Once the rudder blades are well trimmed, do not forget to retighten the screw. Fixation of the tiller extension (all models) hobie.com...

  • Page 20: Adjust Rudder Rake

    Now, for the first time, you may readily, and easily, adjusr the rake for your rudder blades on the Hobie 14 and 16. The amount of rake in a rudder lade affects the “feel” at the tiller. Basically, more foreward rake increases the leward pull on the tiller.
  • Page 21 3. If you wish to increase the amount of forward rake in the rudder blade, turn the rake adjusting screw counterclockwise using a 3/16” allen wrench. Determine the increase in the rake by extending a new line from the centerline of the pivot pin. Re- measure the distance from the pencil line to the leading edge.
  • Page 22 Slide adjusting screw forward (toward bow of boat) until it stops. Then tighten. (see figure below.) 6. Hobie Cat rudder blades are preset to break away at 17-26 pounds by testing with a line arounnd the rudder blade seven inches above the lowest tip of the blade.
  • Page 23 CAUTION: This procedure will increase the breakaway tension for the kick up mechanism by a significant amount. Damage may result to the assembly from striking obstruction in the water. Chack the increased kick up tension by repeating step 6. hobie.com...

  • Page 24: Mast Preparation

    Mast Preparation 1. Take the wire sets and install them along the mast as shown on the drawing below : • helm’s trapeze (2) • crew’s trapeze (3) • shroud (4) • forestay + pigtail (5) • shroud •crew’s trapeze •...
  • Page 25 6. Attach the opposite ends of the bridle wire to the shackle on the bottom of the forestay adjuster. If you have a jib furler, attach the two ends of the bridles to the furler chain plate using the shackle. hobie.com...
  • Page 26 Mast Preparation 7. Check that the bolts of the shroud anchor bars are well tightened. Attach the shroud stay adjuster to the anchor bolts on each hull with the clevis pins and lock rings supplied. 8. Place the mast pivot bearing in the mast step cup.

  • Page 27: Stepping The Mast

    Then put the shrouds covers completely over the stay adjust- ers. Trapeze adjustment Assemble the trapeze adjustment components as shown in the illustration. The shock cord should passe beneath the trampoline frame from the port trapeze line to the starboard line hobie.com...

  • Page 28: Main Sail

    Main Sail Before hoisting the sail, place your Hobie Cat directly into the wind Unfold the mainsail on the trampoline and insert the battens starting from the top of the sail. How to fix the race battens Insert the batten tie in one of the...
  • Page 29 Tie the downhaul line onto the cleat with a plastic (check that the cleat is well fixed) lead it into the gooseneck sheave, down to the cleat and fix it. This allows to tension the luff of the sail. hobie.com...

  • Page 30: Boom And Cunningham

    Fix the upper triple block to the lowest gooseneck thim- ble using the supplied 4 mm shackle.The cunningham line is threaded in the same way as the mainheet system (6:1 purchase). No other system is authorized by the Hobie Cat class rules.

  • Page 31: Mainsheet System

    Tie a figure eight knot to secure the line. Sheet in and out to see if all is well mounted. hobie.com...

  • Page 32: Jib

    Take the jib sheet. Thread one end in the external hole of the jib traveler car and secure it with a knot. The knot is outside the frame. Lead the jib sheet to one of the clew blocks and back through the second hole of the Trentec traveller car, then back to the jib block on the front crossbar, leading it first through the sheaves and...
  • Page 33 4. Shackle the small jib blocks to the jib clew plate. Check that the ropes do not cross each other. First, fix the shackle in the middle hole of the jib clew plate. This can be changed according to sailing conditions. hobie.com...
  • Page 34 Enjoy the Ride!
  • Page 36 Hobie Cat Company Holding Company Oceanside, California, USA 1-800-HOBIE-49 Hobie Cat Australasia Subsidiary Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia 1-800-4-HOBIE Hobie Cat Europe Subsidiary Toulon, France +33 (0) 494 08 78 78 Hobie Kayak Europe Independent Distributor Stellendam, The Netherlands +31 (0) 187 499 440...

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