where can i get a spinnaker set up for my hobie cat 17
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Posted: Jul 30, 2014 - 05:48 PM
r there agtermarkets avaiable or can i use the one for the hobie 16 sold in the catalog? -
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Posted: Jul 30, 2014 - 07:46 PM
Yes and yes. You can piece on together or get a supplier to do it for you. The hobie 16 package will work with some minor modification. There probably isn't a system that won't require you to some fitting to your boat unless there is a specific hobie 17 kit available.
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Dave Bonin
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1986 Nacra 5.7 "Belle"
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Posted: Jul 31, 2014 - 11:56 AM
FWIW.....I sold my H16 spin kit (the newer version from Hobie Europe) to a guy who was going to put it on his H17. Don't know how it went, but he, at least, was sure it would work. There are several threads on this subject in the H17 forum on the Hobie site.
Edited by rattlenhum on Jul 31, 2014 - 12:29 PM.
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Jerome Vaughan
Hobie 16
Clinton, Mississippi
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Posted: Jul 31, 2014 - 01:26 PM
why do you need a kit?
all the parts can be purchased without a kit -
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Posted: Aug 06, 2014 - 05:50 PM
where can i purchase the parts? -
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Posted: Aug 06, 2014 - 09:58 PM
where are you located? if in central florida i would recommend contacting jill/robie at http://www.redgearracing.com/13.html - i purchased my pole / snuffer / spin(x2) from them plus several other sails.
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alum pole - (find an alum dealer and marine grade alum)
snuffer/sock - i suggest a SNU system but you can maybe find a used one online
blocks/lines - any sail shop
spin - sailmaker / used online
mast tang - http://www.murrays.com/50-50405001.html
There is a guy on the other sailing forum named HobiePhil. he has a 17 with a spin.. he would be a good person to contact - this is a link to his profile - http://www.catsailor.com/…?ubb=showprofile&User=47 -
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Posted: Aug 07, 2014 - 12:13 AM
That's a lot of sail area added to a small hull volume hobie up front, let us know how that works out!!
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Tim Grover
1996 Hobie Miracle 20
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Memphis TN / North Mississippi
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Posted: Aug 07, 2014 - 07:26 AM
the local who races his h17 with spin wins often (corrected portsmith)
he is pretty deadly downwind, but we cream him on a reach
ps his spin pole is unbelievbly long (probably 2 or 3' longer than a N20's)
Edited by MN3 on Aug 07, 2014 - 07:27 AM.
