Ref : MP_WILDCAT_GB
Issued by : Alban ROSSOLLIN
Date : March 2010
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OWNER’S MANUAL : HOBIE WILD CAT
How to use your Hobie
Before sailing check the following points :
1/ Install the drain plugs (if any) – do not overtighten, hand tight is sufficient. Overtightening may cause the drain plug flange to distort and cause leakage.
2/ Tension the rig. This can be accomplished by having your assistant hang from the trapeze or you can use mainsheet tension on one side at a time so that you can adjust the shroud position in the side stay adjusters.
3/ Fit the daggerboards into the daggerboards wells.
4/ Check all fastenings :
-Mast tang shackles and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)
-pins and trapeze rope locks (to prevent falling out in the water if the trapeze is not well fastened)
-pins and spring rings on the forestay and shrouds (to prevent the mast to fall down)
-spring rings on the rudder pins (to prevent loosing the rudder assembly in case of capsizing)
Transport and launching
In order to avoid hull damages :
-Always use a dolley to transport your Hobie Tiger on the beach (even if it is sand beach) and for launching. Step into the water with the dolley and once the cata is afloat take out the dolley.
-DO NOT BEACH. Beaching, even smoothly, may damage the hulls. use your beach dolley to take the boat out of the water.
-For towing, always use an homologated road trailer with cradles.
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