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Furling Jib for H16

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(@mttsn)
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[#3459]

Looking for a furling jib for H16, doing the Everglades Challenge in a few months and they require a furlable jib.

Anyone looking to get rid of one or know someone who does?

Cheers!
-Matt


 
Posted : November 25, 2012 2:36 am
(@erice)
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very common on the h14, came as standard on the h18

but i've never seen 1 on an h16

it's a BIG fully battened jib and the h16 basically is very difficult to sail without a jib

so you may not find a h16 furling jib in time and be forced to make something else fit


 
Posted : November 26, 2012 10:37 am
(@presto13031)
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Hobie sells a kit, and several sailmakers will make one.


 
Posted : November 27, 2012 5:16 am
Jack Hoying
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Here is a photo of an aftermarket H16 furling jib on top of a standard H16 jib. As you can see, there is a decent size loss in square footage. It's been 8 years or so since I owned it, but I did love the convience in having a furling jib on my H16 (and later on my P18 and P19)

Jack
Fort Loramie, Ohio


 
Posted : November 28, 2012 3:02 pm
Dustin Finlinson
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I agree the furling jib is the best thing I have added to my P18


 
Posted : November 28, 2012 4:39 pm
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Jmhoying wrote: ...there is a decent size loss in square footage.

Did you use a barber hauler offwind to help shape the smaller jib?

Edited by klozhald on Nov 29, 2012 - 09:49 AM.


 
Posted : November 29, 2012 4:47 am
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