Hobie Cat 17 improvements

In this video I show parts and changes to my Hobie Cat 17 I like or dislike. Further points I want to change in the future. In case you have any ideas or suggestions I would be glad about a few lines. Have fun with the video.
In diesem Video zeige ich Teile und Veränderungen an meinem Hobie Cat 17 die mir gefallen oder nicht gefallen. Des Weitern noch Punkte die ich Zukünftig ändern möchte. Für den Fall, dass Sie Ideen oder Vorschläge haben würde ich mich über ein paar Zeilen sehr freuen. Viel Spaß mit dem Video.

[@webcamservice857]

Hallo Olli, kannst Du mal in Deine Hangouts zwecks Kontaktaufnahme schauen, ich bin auch 17er Segler und möchte ebenfalls einen Gennacker installieren. Coole Sache die Du da gemacht hast, hätte da ein paar Fragen dazu

[@hobie_cat6015]

sorry das ich jetzt erst reagiere aber ich habe Deinen Kommentar eben erst gesehen und weiß nicht warum ich keine Mail bekommen habe. Was meinst Du mit Hangouts und wo finde ich diese? Wenn Du fragen hast dann bitte gerne als Kommentar. Ansonsten kannst Du Dir gerne in der Antwort an den Kommentar von Peter etwas rausziehen. Melde Dich bitte.

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

My solution with the spi boom I saw with the American Hobie 17 sailor is decreasing the length of the connection to the drivers in the front he took 8 cm of I think and put the 8 cm on the top side of the boom so the spinakker will have more space.for entering into the snuffer bag. I didnot do that with my Hobie 17 configuration. yet. But in Augustus, I had a big problem with the mast (verstaging) connections to the sides. I ript mij driver the top part complete of for nearly 80 cm wide. Sailing the mainsail and the genakker was too much when I hit a wave on the lower side (head in,) Normal I release the tension on the main but the mast was already in a 45 degree angle. I Have increased the metal tubes on de sides witch connects to the mast wire, from 12 cm each now to 40 cm each. I order to increase the surface. My drive was 100% broken wilth a hole of 1 meter by 35 cm at the top side, so I had to buy a new (old ) one.

[@hobie_cat6015]

Peter Jansen Thank you for your ideas. I talked to my sailmaker, who is also a Nacra dealer. We will replace the spreader with two long wires that open up in a short. So the pressure keht only up and not in the middle of the hulls. So I save up to four kilograms. Vg Oliver.

[@hobie_cat6015]

Hi Peter, was it a COMPTIP-Mast?

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

I think you should keep the speader, when I sail on see with big waves and you do nont have been fixed front with a spreader of fixed beam you break the drivers form the mast beam because the waves make the drivers go an opposite way. I found the video regarding the bow spreader kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGjcYX93h8qWY7c Good luck

[@PeterJansenBusinessReturn]

No it was a fixed mast because you cannot use a flex top mast (the old hobie 17 mast) when you sail a genakker

[@hobie_cat6015]

That's unbelievable that the aluminum mast breaks at this point. Maybe you put a picture or a short video on youtube? Best regards Oliver

[@hobie_cat6015]

Pressung means press sleeve, and slide means sled ;-). Sorry for my english. The Cleat I mean @ 11:05 is the www.spinlock.co.uk/de/categories/cleats-1/product_groups/pxr-cam-cleat

[@marcusnans1524]

Hi, that's an interesting video. do you use the hobie 16 spi sail on hc17? What mast?

[@hobie_cat6015]

hi at the beginning I used a Hobie 16 spi. I replaced this with an FX one spi. this works significantly better. it is not much bigger than the old one but it has a more effective cut. the mast is completely made of aluminum. the comparison between the sails can be seen in another video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqKZmHmXjahghtU

[@marcusnans1524]

Thanks, I saw the video with spi of hc17 and Fxone. I've a 17turbo (with jib) and the mast with comptip top. So I'd like to put a spi, but I don't know what's tre right choice. On my mast there's a block on top with a line on stainless steel as the hc16spi. Tell me please what you think about it. Cheers

[@hobie_cat6015]

@@marcusnans1524 could you send me a photo of the installation to [e-mail]?