Hobie 16 Raising Mast Solo Demo - See What It's Really Like Including the Famous Noodle Hack!
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2025
- Raising the Hobie 16 mast solo has always been a real problem especially while sweating it out in a hot boat launch parking lot...What typically happens while raising the mast is one of the side-stay or trapeze lines gets stuck on the side of the Hobie 16 or on the side of the trailer. Then you have to lower the mast, get unstuck and repeat...not only is it time consuming but tiring as well...In fact raising the mast in the middle of the afternoon with 80% humidity in a parking lot with 88 degree heat will keep me on my sane days on land...After researching and reading many similar frustrations with raising the mast and of course launching from a wide range of interesting situations I realized I am thankfully not alone...so why even bother? Why not find an alternative so I can still sail the Hobie 16 solo?
Well one the mast is technically only 48 lbs but it's also over 20 feet long which offers some increased weight (you could calculate it all I can tell you is it feels like a lot more than 48 lbs!!).
Ever since reading in the Hobie forums about the 75 year old who has no trouble at all and my being a lot younger than that I realized I should also have no problem raising the mast...but I have until now...
After long last I have found that raising the mast when the Hobie is on the ground is sooooo much easier! Being lower to the ground feels better...also the mast starts higher up on my ladder making it easier to initially pick up...
Since I found a great place to drop it on the ground, raise the mast, raise the sail, drag to water and go this is all very ideal however it could work anywhere if you have the beach wheels!! Such a deal!! Well considering that those Hobie 16 beach wheels new are a chunk of change maybe not but if you do have a choice, I have found raising mast on the ground is easier...
So this video is to give back for the many videos I have found helpful dealing with the Hobie 16. It includes the noodle hack which has been floating around the internet for awhile - pun intended!
Anyway, I did this all in the yard making it easier to record...this is all just a demo obviously your safety measures when doing anything like this - stay away from power lines!! - is all up to your responsibility...also a note that the tape covering on the shackle is just that a cover and NOT helping to keep it in place...If you are doing this on the trailer you can actually attach the pulley to the mast holder by screwing in a stainless steel eyelet into the side...
The video will be a good laugh for those who are really used to raising solo as I am sure they are probably much smoother having done it for years...
You can use any pulley along with a carabiner just make sure both can take some weight/force!
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Wow somebody who actually shows the issues with stepping a mast. Well done 👍
So many issues - the mast has prevented sailing in the past, love the noodle hack...I have even used a winch solo with success - if you have another person attaching the regular trailer winch provides some help and safety...I have dropped the mast before which isn't fun - thanks for the comment!
@@WyattChristman yep been there done that lol I learned the noodle trick awhile back , I've found that hooking the shock cord to the trap line works good and one on the forstay that way you dont have to hunt for it lol. Theres 4 of us that sail here in Ga. If your in town give us a shout 👍
@@jcowboy123 Great idea, always hunting for the forestay or working it from getting twined up with the other lines. Traveling with a Hobie would be fun, do a tour of different lakes, pull the Hobie behind an RV! Ha, ha!
@@WyattChristman we also thought about sailing the keys
@@jcowboy123 Oh yes fantastic plan, I have seen some amazing videos - probably well worth the trip, only thing would be timing it so there are no storms.
I do mine solo, similar but I think in a better way. My ladder looks a little taller, with a " Y" piece of metal, strapped to the higher part of the ladder. Then I put an aluminum, leaning type ladder, over the cross beams. On top of that, covering the rungs, a board to walk on. Because walking on the trampoline, with the weight of. the mast, may damage it, especially an old or worn trap. Then a tie a rope, to the forestry. That rope goes through a pulley, where the bridle wire meets. As I walk across the board, lifting the mast, I also pull the rope. I use the rope, because I have a weak back, but also, qI can raise it slowly, and control it. After the mast is raised, I keep the rope taunt, the mast should be then be stable, leaning a little forward. I then attach the fore stay. After that, I need to adjust the shrouds, which needed to be tightened, to keep the mast, from leaning to far, to one side or the other. I do this for 15', 16', and 18' cats.
Excellent, how long does it take?
@@WyattChristman Only a few minutes, it gets easier and you tweak certain things. The only tricky thing I can think of tho, is having the shrouds, tight. It's only one or two holes down on the adjuster tho. Even when I have a helper, I prefer to do it myself. And I once saw a video, of a guy just using his trailer winch. He had an extention going upwards on the trailer, mast holder, I think about 1 1/2', for a better angle. He had a pulley on top, and just hoisted it up. I tried it, but it didn't work for some reason or other, so I started doing it the way I described.
@@arthurzengeler8296 Nice! What I love is the ingenuity which comes from people just wanting to get out and sail - there is always a way!!
@@WyattChristman A couple other details. Rather than putting the mast in the step, and using the pin. Wrap thick wire around the mast base, then around the cross beam. It acts like a hinge. Otherwise, if the mast goes too far to one side, while you raise it, that could bee a problem. And you always first put the mast on the ladder, towards the top of the mast. Then raise the mast, and re postion the ladder closer to the back of the boat,, so the mast is higher up. Simultaneously, pull the rope through the pulley, while lifting. Then you can easily lift it,, when you are standing on the board, and ready to raise it.
@@arthurzengeler8296 ok GTK!
A special kind of goof about 2:50 in hehe
What's the goof? Sometimes hard to see when you made it. :-)
@@WyattChristman you unscrewed the shackle. when it appeared you could have just clipped it on.
@@mooserepair3754 OMG what the F, how did I not see that?!! Too funny, thanks for that one! :-)
@@WyattChristman told you it was special.
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