I recently bought a used H16, which came with two trapeze wires and a harness (no dogbones, shock-cord, etc). What pieces of gear do I need to have a complete setup, and does anyone have some suggestions on how to rig it on the boat.
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I am not going to get the terminology right, but maybe I can help since there are no other replies. First, focus on the mast connection. The anchor 2/3 of the way up the mast that carries your shrouds will have 3 holes in it. Don't mess with the top hole that should carry the shroud shackle. You should be able to work a larger horseshoe shackle through the large hole on the anchor and its pin then runs through the other smaller hole. This gives you a connection point for all four trap cables. It is usually a tight fit, but they all attach to my boats that way.
<br>Now, you have four trap wires dangling. You say you have no dogbone. most trap wires will have a black handhold above some kind of attachment device. If not, look in Murrays on-line catalog and get out your wallet. Most hook attachment systems will have some type of line mechanism that acts as the attachment for your hook. (mine is a flexible plastic covered cable ring reinforced by a cross bar. this is attached to the wire by an adjustible pulley system.) attach the low end of the pulleyed line(opposite the trap wire connection) to some kind of bungee that runs under the tramp parallel to the beam.
<br>Over the years I have had several bungee "stretchers" under my tramp, but if you trailer to the waterfor each sail, Just put loop ends on the trap pulley line ends and attach one of those hooked shock cords to each side. THis allows for quick disassembly for trailering and they are cheap. So . . . get these wires hooked up and get off the tramp!<br><br>

Hey Dave, do yourself a favor and buy the trapeze return system from hobie(not murrays, too expensive) for about $25.00 This sytem will give you 4 anchor points with which to attach your trap gear, ie: dogbone, adjuster handle ect... Anyway this system will protect you and your crew from being wrapped around the mast in a pitch pole situation. So here is the low down: On the mast tang there are 3 holes. the lower hole is for the shrouds, the middle larger whole is for a a bow shackle to run through with the trap wires on each side. the bow shackle spins upo and the pin goes through the upper whole(safety I guess) from your wirescoming downe you should have a handle with a swaged eye under it. Here is wher you have options. You can now either use a static system that needs to be adjusted befor hand or an active system that can be adjusted on the fly. if you go to the hobie or murrays catalog you can see the difference and you can also make what ever system you want cheaper than buying it prefabed. So after you decide what system this is where your recoil shockcord attaches to and thats that! I know it brief and probably a littl ehard to understand, but look in the catalog's and you'll get idea's! Good luck! Sorry for the endless spelling errors but I'm typing this very quickly and not thinking or looking! <br><br>

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