Ref : MA_WILDCAT_FR
Issued by : Alban ROSSOLLIN
Date : mars 2010
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ASSEMBLY MANUAL : HOBIE WILD CAT
Preparing the mast
Place the mast onto supports (trestles) if possible at about 80 cm from the ground, so as not to strain your back while rigging the mast, leaving enough room to go all the way around the mast.
1. Installation of the spreaders | |
A | Take the spreader kit and screw the two spreaders in place |
as shown in the photo. | |
| 2009 model: attach the black fixed part (A) with the nut and |
| bolt onto the stainless steel fitting of the mast and attach the |
| adjustable part (B) with the axe and the split ring on the |
| aluminium fitting. |
| 2010 model : The two parts, A and B are attached with the |
B | nuts and bolts delivered in the plastic bag with the kit. |
| |
| Cover the nut and bolt (or the axe and split ring) that fix the |
| part B with |
2. | Wiring mast fittings |
| Take the shackle n° 8 (C) at the end of the forestay cable, |
D | remove the shackle, insert a shroud on each side of the |
forestay, and fix the shackle to the bottom hole of the rigging | |
C | fitting at the top of the mast. |
BE CAREFUL which way the forestay is installed : The strap | |
| (E) should be against the mast. |
E
Take the trapeze cables. Remove the shackle n° 6 (D) which joins them, insert them into the second hole in the rigging fitting and pass each side of the close end thimbles on the trapeze cables. Pass the shackle through the first hole of the rigging fitting and fix in place with the pin.
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Copyright HCE 2010
