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[quote=charlescarlis]You talking about the Hobie Super Cruiser?  If so, then there's an issue with the mast luff tracks on this and the SE models - the bolt rope of sails have a tendency to pull out of the plastic section of the luff track at the top.  The luff track is aluminum on the mast, then transitions to a separate plastic piece when it transitions to the comp tip, then transitions back to a separate aluminum track fro the final couple feet at the top.   You have to get the sail bolt rope into that top aluminum section for the bolt rope to hold in the luff track.  Even so, on mine at least I still had the bolt rope pulling out of the plastic below the aluminum periodically.  The fix wasn't bad at all: take the head off the mast, slide out the luff track from the comp tip and add another section of aluminum track by cutting the plastic track down with  hack saw.  Pretty much that simple; budget an afternoon.  You will be removing rivets and re-riveting/re-sealing the mast head.
The above is assuming that you're talking about the sail luff pulling out - the bolt rope coming out of the luff track and that the SC is similar to the SE at the head.[/quote]

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