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Wave NAs. #267855
12/19/13 07:36 AM
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Just got my CS magazine and noticed some of the Waves have hiking sticks some don't, wuz wondering why?


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Re: Wave NAs. [Re: pgp] #267866
12/19/13 10:32 AM
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Made it legal last year. Makes it easier for the shorter people to get forward like the taller people. Everyone seems to really like the addition, and its class legal in both Wave racing classes.

Re: Wave NAs. [Re: ] #267869
12/19/13 11:55 AM
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So now that the hiking sticks are legal and were used in a major event what is the consensus on their use on Waves? In the latest paper Catsailor you can see the crazy body positions used to sail the boat without one. I know the truebloods will not use one but how about the youngsters (50-60)?


Re: Wave NAs. [Re: pgp] #267871
12/19/13 12:44 PM
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I don't think so, most of the 'truebloods' I know had it. I only saw a few boats at PIB that didn't and everyone I have raced against at HCA events had it done. I like it alot better, but my son LOVES it since he can move all the way up on front now.

Re: Wave NAs. [Re: pgp] #267872
12/19/13 12:50 PM
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What's the difference between the two classes.


Pete Pollard
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Re: Wave NAs. [Re: ] #267874
12/19/13 01:37 PM
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Amongst the Wave racers, what is the split between the two rudder casting designs, the old Hobie 18 vs the new EZ Loc? Do ANY of the racers use the new design?

It's easy to add a tiller extension to the Hobie 18 rudder system. However, the EZ Loc does not lend itself to an extension, given that when the rudders are up the crossbar is way up in the air. I've seen some innovative designs over on the Wave forum. Were there any new solutions to the EZ Loc tiller extension yoke problem? (That is, if any EZ Locs were raced.)

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Re: Wave NAs. [Re: David Parker] #267876
12/19/13 02:54 PM
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Instead of a tiller extension that gets in the way with the old style rudders, I simply use small line attached to each rudder bar allowing the loop to reach to the front beam. I can get up on the beam downwind and have great steering control. The line is a few cents, instead of a hundred plus dollars, and weighs nothing, and it works very well.
Won the North Coast with that set up.
Rick


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Re: Wave NAs. [Re: RickWhite] #267881
12/19/13 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RickWhite
Instead of a tiller extension that gets in the way with the old style rudders, I simply use small line attached to each rudder bar allowing the loop to reach to the front beam.


true soap-box racing there smile


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Re: Wave NAs. [Re: waterbug_wpb] #267882
12/19/13 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by waterbug_wpb
Originally Posted by RickWhite
Instead of a tiller extension that gets in the way with the old style rudders, I simply use small line attached to each rudder bar allowing the loop to reach to the front beam.


true soap-box racing there smile


Kind of like this?
Call me old fashion but I like to hold a tiller.
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If I rigged a wheel like this on my Wave I'd be just like Jimmy on his AC72!

Re: Wave NAs. [Re: pgp] #267886
12/19/13 06:09 PM
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I'm pretty sure some sort of string steering and the whip staff go back a long, long ways.


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12/19/13 10:50 PM
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