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ASSEMBLY MANUAL
HOBIE MAX RACE
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  • Page 1 ASSEMBLY MANUAL HOBIE MAX RACE...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    List of the parts Necessary tools It is advisable to be at least two people to ⇒ assemble the Hobie Max 2 spanners nr 17 ⇒ 1 pair of niversal pliers LIST OF THE PARTS TABLE OF CONTENT List of the parts......2 ⇒...
  • Page 3 List of the parts WIRES : 1. Shrouds 2. Bridles 3. Forestay + pigtail 4. Trapeze cable crew 5. Trapeze cable skipper 6. Rigid forestay 7. Kit trapeze handles skipper 8. Kit trapeze handles crew 9. Spreader wires ROPES : All ropes are labelled with ref.
  • Page 4 List of the parts Rigging bag All pieces are labelled with name and reference number. Please carefully check the labels. Spreader bars Stay adjuster Cunningham cam cleat (at tge mast base) Heart block Hull plugs Shroud anchor bars and stay adjusters Mainsheet fourfold block Mainsheet threefold block Silicone...

  • Page 5: Hull Assembly

    Hull Assembly Position the hulls in parallel with the inner sides fa-cing the ground.Lift the right hull. One person straddles the hull tohold it in place. The other person applies the siliconesealant (for waterproofing) around the screw holes. Take the front crossbar (with dolphin striker).

  • Page 6: Trampoline

    Trampoline Unfold the trampoline. Note that the trampoline has side tension lines that are already pre-threaded. Insert the front edge of the trampoline into the track at the left, rear side of the front crossbar. Continue feeding the trampoline into the track and position it in the center. line up the grommet in the center of the trampoline with the dolphin striker post to ensure it is centered.
  • Page 7 Trampoline Find the trampoline rod and insert it into the rear of the trampoline. Commence lacing the rear of the trampoline. The lacing line starts at the left, rear lacing button on the rear crossbar. Lace the rear of the trampoline as tightly as possible as per Début the photographs and diagrams...
  • Page 8 Rudder assembly Tiller bar & Tiller extension RUDDER Identify the right rudder from the left rudder (green sticker = right ; red sticker = left) As shown on the picture, align the holes of the rudder castings onto the gudgeons. Insert the pin that is linked to the lower gudgeon in order to ensure the rudders.
  • Page 9 Mast set-up Place the mast onto two supports (eg: two pieces of polystyrene). Unroll all the cables and fix them using a shackle to the lower hole on the mast tang as shown on the drawing. NOTA : The spectra wires of the crew trapeze are 1- Shrouds knotted on the shroud wires and the spectra wires of 2 - Crew trapeze...

  • Page 10: Spreader

    Spreader bars Unroll the diamond wires. Assemble the spreaders on the Attach the joint end of the centre of the mast. The spreader diamond wires onto the root attaches to the front of the mast turnbuckle adjuster near the section onto the one-piece stainless base of the mast (level with the steel strap.
  • Page 11 Mast preparation Lay the mast on top of the boat with the sail track to the bottom and the mast base toward the bows. Place padding under the mast to prevent scratching. Lay the shroud wires and trapeze wires down each side of the mast.

  • Page 12: Stepping The Mast

    Stepping the mast CAUTION - DANGER - ALUMINIUM MAST - STAY AWAY OF ELECTRICAL WIRES Place the mast foot on the mast base and place the pin in it. This prevents the mast from leaving its base when lifted. Check that the wires are not tangled.

  • Page 13: Trapezes

    Trapeze Release the trapeze wires from the base of the mast. The crew’s trapeze has the clamcleat swaged to the wire. Ensure that the crews trapeze wire is positioned in front of the shroud. CREW / EQUIPIER SKIPPER Rope lock assembly Attach the trapeze handles and kits to the trapeze wires.

  • Page 14: Boom

    Boom Slide the outboard end of the boom through the webbing loop attached to the clew of the mainsail. Connect the shackle on the boom outhaul line to the grommet in the clew of the mainsail. Connect the boom to the mast using the hinge vertex, clevis pin and split ring.

  • Page 15: Mainsail

    Grand-voile Always point your Hobie directly into the wind before you raise the mainsail. Unfold the mainsail onto the trampoline and insert each batten into its respective pocket. The battens are numbered (from 1 to 7) the smallest (N ° 1) goes at the top of the sail and the longest (N° 7) at the bottom of the sail.

  • Page 16: Cunningham

    Cunningham & Righting line Attach the cunningham blocks (with the hooks) into the grommet of the mainsail tack. Take the cunningham line and feed as follows : (NB : the line must go through the inside of the rotation arm). Start from the cunningha block ont the left side of the mast.

  • Page 17: Jib

    Unroll the jib and open the zipper on the luff. Shackle the jib head to the jib halyard. Then position the jib and the halyard line against the forestay. Close the zipper as the sail is raised, ensuring that the halyard line remains inside the zipper. Using the supplied bow shackle connect the tack to the bottom of the rigid forestay...
  • Page 18 ⇒ The spinnaker halyard system still works exactly the same as the standard Hobie Tiger original system however it has moved to a more outboard position on the beam.
  • Page 19 Self-Tacker traveller car control Take the 3mm piece of line and tie it onto the center of the jib traveller car. The line then passes through the plastic pad-eye that is fixed to the spinnaker pole near the base. This line passes from the front to back through the pad- eye.

  • Page 20: Mainsheet

    Mainsheet system Your mainsheet system has been pre-assembled for you by your Hobie dealer. If not, see the following page for assembly instructions. Shackle the boom block to the boom block hanger. Shackle the mainsheet ratchet block to the top of the main traveller car.
  • Page 21 Mainsheet system...

  • Page 22: Spinnaker Kit

    Trumpet Spinnaker Kit Attach the bridle at the end of the spi pole and fix the two parts of the bridle to the bow tang on each hull (as shown hereunder). Spectra bridles must also be connected to the bow tang of each hull. Main bridle (already fixed when stepping the mast).
  • Page 23 Trumpet spinnaker kit Attaching the tack line One end of the tack line must be fixed on the pad-eye at the front of the spi pole. Then feed the line through one of the block (A), back through the pulley at the front of the spi pole and fix it to the spi tack point. Spinnaker halyard Take the spi halyard end at the bottom of the mast.
  • Page 24 Trumpet Spinnaker Kit Take the halyard end (out of the cleat on the front crossbar) and feed it through the pulley on the trampoline (from the rear to the front). Leed it into the hole near the pulley, under the trampoline and the crossbar, through the spi bag, and the trumpet.
  • Page 25 Trumpet Spinnaker Kit Scheme Hobie Max trumpet spinnaker Spi head clew point tack Trumpet Spinnaker bag...
  • Page 26 Safety and advices TO 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 ♦...

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