I have a near stock 1970 Hobie 14. I recently purchased new forestays, shrouds, bridles and other related hardware. My old cable fit just fine, I was able to adjust the rake on the mast as I think it should be able to adjust. When I got my new cables, I set up my mast and in order to keep all the cables tight I had to set all the adjusters to the tightest settings. The cables are tight enough on the lowest settings but this leaves me with no adjustment capability.

I was looking through the parts diagrams in the Hobie catalog and saw the bow tang in the catalog was different than the one I have on my boat. My bow tang has 4 screws into the fiberglass, 2 on each side of a loop, much like the Eye Strap (part 2072 on page 39 of the 2003 catalog) only with 4 screws not 2. The bow tang in the parts diagram is a loop with one screw. The bow tang on my boat is mounted about 4 inches from the tip of the bow. I think the new bow tang bolts through the lip at the very tip of the bow. Is this true? How hard would it be to change the bow tang? Would this solve the problem of my to long cables? What do I need to do to change the bow tang? Do I need to reinforce the lip on the bow with some resin? Is there any thing else I need to know?

Thanks
Capt. Morse