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[quote=nohuhu]That's right.  They can be added and it's not that hard to do.

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My friend and I have been hankering to add some Prindle factory wings to his already-great P18-2 for years, but have been frustrated with the lack of original parts out there. So when a Getaway was ready for the boneyard recently, we bought a salvaged set of wings and went to work.   The results are great.

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At first, we thought the Hobie benches would have to be lengthened or offset to fit the Prindle beams, a prospect with limited chance of success.  But it turns out we needed to shorten them a few inches and we were able to retain the same mounting brackets and geometry used on the Getaway.

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This means the wings still fold for storage and transport, and are easy to remove, should we want to do that for racing.

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We had to purchase endcaps for the Prindle beams, and designed internal brackets that secure the external Hobie brackets to the internal beam/hull connections.  Sorry there are no picts of this, but think a thick aluminum channel that is strapped around the vertical hull bolts via 2 long stainless bolts.  The rest of the wing hardware is stock.

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With the exception of a different length bolt to replace the soc head that attaches the extension arm to the beam.

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You can set the rake angle of the seat by deciding where these holes are drilled.  Looking around we measured between -5º and -14º on several other Getaways and decided -6º felt about right for us.  You could always drill another hole for the pin in the extension arm if you want to have a different seating angle, such as positioning the benches further away from the hulls (for added hiking effect).

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My favorite mod was experimenting with different types of closed cell foam under the new mesh seat covers,  My boney arse approves of this one!

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Now it's time to sail and enjoy,..

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AFTER:  8-) 
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