I am looking for an illustrated breakdown of parts for the jib that shows the size of wire line, its length, thimble size, shackle sizes and types (head uses string and tack uses a shackle), swage materials (I saw 'cotter pin' used for the piece of metal that gets compressed, not sure if that is the word though), and recommendation on length to cut the wire prior to installing the thimbles and swaging.
I looked at some Hobie materials online but did not see this level of detail. A link and recommendations would be great.
I have a non-aussie forestay that I can use as material for the wire line. the length is sufficient; this is indicated by holding the forestay side by side with the jib. I may even be able to use on of the existing swaged-in thimbles. Any comments if that is a good use of this material?
Here is a picture of the parts of interest. You can see the condition of the sails - they are old with patches and you can see a tear in the pocket at the head, which is cosmetic. On the tack shackle, there is white corrosion, which looks to be cosmetic at this point.
Thanks,
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Ted
Hobie 16
South Carolina Lake sailing
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). I was worried that the shock of losing the luff wire would damage the bows or mast somehow and maybe even dismast. How tight is your rig without the jib? I don't think the jib would dampen the shock if the thimble lets loose. But it probably would if the wire in the luff pocket lets loose. Have you seen this failure before?