Thanks Jerome, we will put that on our off-season list. Probably would be a good time to update the mast hound as it's a little busy up there with 3 stays and 4 trap wires on one hole. We had to use another couple of shackles for the trap wires.
Also thanks for that vertex. My gooseneck looks good now. Question, is the boom pin supposed to pull out this far?
Our swivel was bent, so I took it off and straightened it. Seemed hard to cleat the traveler with it so low to the tramp.
Some practice on the trapeze:
Here are some questions I posted over on the Hobie forums, but I'll repeat here in case any beachcats members know the answers but are not on the hobie forum:
1) Shroud tension - how tight should they be? They have to be a little loose for us to be able to connect the forestay. Then when we crank the jib halyard tight, we can still push the mast side to side a little bit. If I move both adjusters 1 hole tighter I can make that go away, but we would need to loosen them up for stepping and dropping the mast.
2) Rudder cam tension - we had a broken cam and replaced them both. The guys over at the beachcats forum let me know I had to grease the cams, which I did last night. When down and locked, it seems easy to push on the bottom of the rudders and get them to unlock. We have the delrin screw in as tight as it will go. Is this normal/OK? I am worried the drag on the rudders will pop them back but I don't have the experience to know.
3) Mast stepping - when raising the mast, the ball on the bottom of the mast seems to go forward of the socket. We always need two people, one to push the bottom of the mast aft to get it to drop into the mast base. Are we doing something wrong?
4) Mast base - the hole for the stepping hinge is cracked. Not all the way through, but I think I'll want to replace it sometime. Do I need to replace the mast base and step as a pair? Or would a new base be compatible with my old step? I don't want to change the rake if I don't have to. It seems that I'd need new shrouds and also it sounds like the 5:1 mainsheet is not optimal for a more raked mast. Hard to justify a $400 6:1 on a $400 boat/trailer.
5) Jib Halyard - it seems to bind at the top. Is there something to look for or am I just not used to how it tensions up? Hard to see what is going on with the little pulley when it is up that high.
6) We have one trap harness and for the life of me I can't figure out how to wear my PFD and the harness at the same time.
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Bryan in Poplar Grove, IL
Supercat 17, unknown year. Future project
Hobie 16, 1977 - died a spectacular death
https://youtu.be/Y7O22bp2MVA
Hobie 16, 1978 - current boat
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