Just got my response from Hobie USA Co. and they indicated that the new Euro H16 corner casting started to be placed on new H16's in 1995, and that 1994 was the last year the old corner castings were used. Also here is the info. I got about the difference between the old and new Euro corner castings.
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<br>::::::: There are several diffrences. The euro casting has a jib traveler sheave mounted in a molded housing. The old are flush and you have to mount an external cheek block for the traveler line. The new castings use a smaller pylon that is easy to identify. The old is a Hobie 14 mast extrusion with
<br>a luff track slot in the rear. The new pylon is a closed tube... no slot.
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