I want to move the swivle cam cleat and guide eye for the main traveler from the traveler car, to the center of the rear crossbar on my Hobie 20. This setup is used on the H16, H17, Getaway, Inter 20, Nacra ... etc. I talked to Matt Miller from Hobie Cat today and he couldn't tell me if it was class legal or not. I checked in the class rules and couldn't find anything that definitively prohibited it.
Does anyone know if this modification is class legal?
Look for a line somewhere in the class rules that might say something like "if something is not specifically allowed by the rules it is illegal" - this is one way rules can exclude changes without trying to figure out every way people can tweak things. If you see that, and there is no specific thing allowing it, it's illegal.
I can sympathize - I hated that arrangement on my 20.
Steve,
You can request a ruling from the IHCA Rules Committee. Jeff Alter is currently the Chairman. You can find his contact information here (12th name down).
Matt
In my opinion it would be class legal. It seems no different than changing to a cascading downhaul which we all did. It's been common practice in the H20 class to allow changes to rigging and blocks per owners preferance. I'm in no way an authority to say do it but you have my opinion.
Mike Hill
Tiger #1520