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[quote=rattlenhum]Seems there have been a lot of posts lately regarding the Hobie 16 spinnaker, so I finally sat down and  created a Hobie 16 Spinnaker Kit album:
[url]https://www.thebeachcats.com/pictures?g2_itemId=134303[/url]
The album contains the Hobie Basic Instructions (with my added chicken scratch notes), My Supplemental Instructions, and several pictures.  There are corresponding numbered steps/pieces of hardware to relate the two sets of instructions, and My Instruction Supplement highlights the differences between the two.

Background:  My Hobie 16 had the spinnaker kit installed when I purchased it from the original owner (not sure if it was installed by the Hobie dealer or original owner).  I had no interest in using the spinnaker but was told it worked well.  I promptly (before damaging it!) removed and sold the kit to recoup some of my cost.  To enhance the sale, I wanted to provide the buyer with installation instructions but soon learned that there was a lot of incomplete and conflicting information out there.  My kit was the Europe {17(?) square meter} version.  I've heard there was a smaller spin marketed in the US at one time that was installed/rigged differently, and I believe that to be the source of at least some of the confusion.  Anyway, I set out to create pictures of the hardware (on and off boat), add installation notes to the Hobie instructions, and provide supplemental instructions for clarification.  Nothing sanctioned/official about these....there may be better ways to do it....just a representation of how my boat was rigged when I got it.

Hopefully someone somewhere will eventually find this info useful for their particular application.  If there are any questions, I'll try my best to help.

Peace,[/quote]

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