Hobie 16 humming noise.
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Posted: Oct 03, 2014 - 09:10 AM
When I get going with my 1982 Hobie 16, I will get a humming noise and at times with the humming I can feel a soft vibration through the boat itself. What is causing this and how do I get rid of it? -
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Posted: Oct 03, 2014 - 09:42 AM
That is the sound of beauty and life! You want to embrace it not get rid of it! -
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Posted: Oct 03, 2014 - 10:24 AM
It is your rudders - very common. You need to tune the trailing edge of the blades and remove as much slop from the rudder system as possible.
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Posted: Oct 03, 2014 - 01:17 PM
the more noise you hear below water = the more flow you are vibrating/disrupting off your boards/boat (its a slow thing)
now when your going so fast your shrouds are hummin ... that's the sound of speeeeed
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Posted: Oct 04, 2014 - 02:38 AM
A chap across the bay has an H17 that hums so loud I can hear it 100 meters away. I told him to file the TRAILING edges of his rudders & boards a bit.
Do a search,on the Hobie forum, or someone post the link. I believe Matt Miller on the Hobie forum addressed this issue a few years ago.
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Posted: Oct 05, 2014 - 10:10 PM
"The hobie sound"usually when you exceed 15knots, a humm, a hobie 16 owners mantra
