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I really like the Hobie Wave, but you probably get wetter on the trampoline that in a Sunfish. Its a trade off for much more room to stretch out and relax.

We are vacationing in the Turks and Caicos Islands. I am a first year sailor with a Sunfish. At our resort they have Hobie Waves of the guests. (Yahoo00). The first 3 times out were ok, light winds always from the same direction (I must not be in Kansas anymore). This morning after a rain...

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will it harm my sunfish to be stored on its trailer,covered with a tarp, over the winter? Or does it need to be stored on its side.

Ye scurvy rats, and don't ye forget it. Arrrrgggggghhh.

is it just in the gel coat or into the fiberglass? Does it look like a cracked egg shell with the underlying glass intact?

I agree with all of this except I replaced the corks and caulked then in the ends of the mast about 2 inches inside the plastic caps as backup seals incase the caps ever leak. I did the same with the spar and boom. Secular

I fabricated one outta a coat hanger and recording tape. Its v shaped, v forward, with the tape at each end of the V.(like in one of the raceing books) I used 1/2 inch tape cause its easier for me to see. 2 pcs per side. I attached it to the spar just above the mast with a band clamp. I can...

My blocks are held on with a saddle eye and pop rivets. This cork is so ground up and granulated I think it was put in that way. I'm putting in a new cork 1 3/8" dia near the eyebolt holes to keep water entering there from filling the boom and mast. I'm using marine grade caulk to seal the...

I've found some 2" dia. suction cups with hooks, which I will put at the back of the cubby. I will try clipping onto these with lanyards so the stuff doesn't hang out into the cockpit. The lanyard for my water tight box (phone, watch)will go thru the bailer handle to secure that. Maybe two...

I just removed the eyebolt end cap of the boom because water was slowly dripping out and found a handful or two of loose cork particles. Were these a solid cork at one time? Were there one in each end? The ID is 1.375". Secular

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Any suggestions for keeping stuff in the rear cubby, like a bailer, dry sack, etc. I don't want cords, lines etc that get in my way while sailing Last time I went over, every thing came out and tried to float away. Secular

I may do that. Would like to find a rubber or cork plug of the right dia. and caulk that just inside the end, then don't worry about the eyebolt. anyone know the Inside dia of the spar/boom?

It seems it would be a good idea to seal the interlocking eyebolts to that the boom and spar don't fill with water if the boat turns over. Has anyone ever tried to do this? Maybe a waterproof plug inside the spar and boom, just downstream the holes for the eyebolts would be a solution?! Secular

I think the trick to Gel Coat is not to over-apply and tape wax paper TIGHTLY over the repair to get it to conform will to the surrounding surfaces. Pay close attention to this and you wont have much sanding to do. (but get the Multi-max anyway, tell the wife it is a necessity to make the repair)

here's what I did; I dried out the cork plugs thoroughly in the sun and coated them with silicon caulking and installed them just inside the caps to act as a backup seal. I then re caulked the caps, installed drilling new holes at 90degrees from the old and reused the old pins, caulking over...

On second thought, just put a solid plug of expanding foam maybe 6-8 inches down, at both ends.

Rather than weighing the boat, which would be difficult, can you tell how much water is in the hull by how high the boat rides in the water, un-manned? are there any bench marks for this?

Where on the gaff would you tie the bottle? Near the mast tip? (newbie mark of shame?) If the mast didn't take on water in the first place, would it resist turtling a lot more? I was thinking of filling it with expanding foam and them sealing the leaking end cap? Does anyone place lines to...