Hobie Twist-n-Stow Manual

Twist-n-Stow (up control line) Bungee replacement / Adventure
This kit is designed to help improve the performance of your Twist and Stow Rudder if originally supplied with a Bungee on the
up control line as described below. Please follow the instructions to complete this modification.
locate the rudder up/down control arm which is attached to the rudder
up-down handle.
4) Open the round hatch at the rear of the boat.
A length of line "Pigtail" with two loops is
provided with this kit. The loop ends are equal
1/2" diameter each. This dimension is critical for
hooking onto the eyelet post and must be
present on one end of the finished line
extension. It may be possible to build this
extension using another similar type of line and
bowline knots if in-the-field replacement is
desired without using the Hobie provided
1) Place the rudder in the up position with the retaining bungee fastened over the
rudder.
2) Prop the boat up against a wall so it is resting on its right side and open the
round hatch between the seat and mirage drive well.
Reach inside the boat towards the stern, and
3) There are two bungees
attached to the up/down control
arm, looped around eyelet posts
on either side of the end of the control arm. The up-line bungee is
the one attached to a line running from the bungee to the stern of the
boat.
Detach the up-line bungee from the eyelet post.
The up/down lines run to the right side of the hatch,
tucked under a clip on the underside edge of the hatch.
6) One of the two lines will feel loose, this is the up-line, and
the end of it can be pulled out of the boat through the hatch.
7) Cut the up-line right next to the knot around the bungee loop. Discard the
Bungee loop.
"Pigtail" extension.
Continued...
5) Reach into the hatch
and remove the housed lines
PIGTAIL (Drawn in Inches)
from the clip.
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