NevilleT

Thanks all. Spoke for about half an hour with Trish at Sunstate Hobie, and now have the parts. I will give you a call Andrew and arrange a time to drop around to have a look at a few things on your cat. I do seem to be on the right track now so hopefully will be sailing soon.

Thanks for the reply. I am in Russell Lea (near Drummoyne/Five Dock). Still not clear on mast lifting. What holds the base in place as you start to walk it up? Can someone give me a length for the strop. I will make one up myself.

I posted a few questions on Seabreeze but someone suggested I should post the questions here. This is just a cut and paste from Seabreeze, but I would appreciate any help I can get. I just bought a Hobie 14 which I think is a Turbo from looking on the Internet. It has a furling jib. I plan to rig and sail it on my own. I have a number of issues I could use some help with. When I first went to put up the mast, I thought a pin went through the mast end fitting and the mast step. There was no pin with the boat so I bought one. When I raised the mast, the pin broke the mast end fitting (see