Hobie 14 Wings 4

These mods are only a precaution and may not be required unless ( like me ) you wish to extract every ounce of extra performance that the wing can offer . Firstly add a rod dolphin striker like is fitted to the 16 ( and indeed the cross beams and corner castings of the 14 are the same as the 16 ) , so a 16 dolphin striker will fit if the apropiate holes are drilled in the corner casting flanges . secondly I fabricated and fitted a spreader bar to the bows ( the 17 sport has one as standard for the same reason ) so that more can be extracted from the rig . I added another bar between the chainplates ( to prevent siderail compression ) as all long term 14 skippers ( including me ) have experienced siderail failure . This also allowed me to mount a jib block track so I can widen the jib slot while reaching .