Hobie 18 SE Boat User Manual


 
13. Lace it through the rope lock and then through the
thimble at the end of the trapeze wire. Now tie the line
onto either end of the dogbone. See Figure 23.
14. Repeat this process for the other three trapeze wires
at the respective locations.
BOOM INSTALLATION
1. Attach the gooseneck pin which extends from the
front of the boom to the gooseneck yoke on the mast.
See Figure 24.
2. Tie the line which was packed with the mast
rotation
control yoke to the forward-most jam cleat on the boom.
See step 11 of mast assembly. Run the line through the
JIB BLOCK INSTALLATION
1. The large jib blocks are packed in the rig kits.
Remove the jib track end stop on the jib track and slide
the car on the bottom of the block into the track. See
Figure 25. Note that the slide adjustment knob is aft of
the block assembly.
Figure 25
Figure 24
Figure 23
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block on the end of the mast rotation control yoke and
then feed it through the jam cleat. Tie a knot
in the end of the line so that it will not slip back through
the jam cleat.
See Figure 35.
Once again, be sure to note that this is the older
style of mast rotator. With the newer style, the line
does not run through a pulley, but through a ring at
the end of the control yoke. Run the line through
the ring and into the jam cleat.