Hey Steve Im sure you are quite dissaponted, but hang in there.....an FX-One finished 52nd in the Texel out of some 340 boats that crossed the finsih line......I have one on the way also..should have it in a week or so....

>>an FX-One finished 52nd in the Texel out of some 340 boats that crossed the finsih line



To be precise :



An FX-one, sailed by Glenn Ashby, was scored 52nd (corrected time) in the Texel out of 316 boats that crossed the finish line.



Wouter

Steve,



Add these things to Wouters instructions:

-make sure when rotating that your rotation adjuster is off and you can rotate compleletly

-You can visually see the hook go above the head of the mast, while it is up above the top watch as you rotate and you can tell which direction is lock and which is release.

-I also use a plastic washer to keep the halyard from pulling thru the headboard.



I have the same system on a Tiger and now prefer it to the hook and ring.

I use this system too on my Tiger ----> good design, easy to hook/unhook, no mast length spoiled above the sailhead.

Instead of whinning about Hobie, may be Steve should read documentation and use his brain to UNDERSTAND how it works.

Excuse me?



I've been a sailmaker fo 8 years. I've raced catamarans for 17. The FX-One is my 5th catamaran purchased new. I also own and race a J22 and a Beneteau first 265. I have a bashelors and Masters in Aerospace Engineering. I've already solved the problem by re-designing the headboard hook, and it's built and being used already (took me less than 2 days total). If you want I'll send you a photo. (But not the drawings used to fabricate it - Ill give those to Hobie for free if they ask). If you decide you would like to buy one, I'll sell it to you at cost.



Whining is still better than insulting people you have never met.

Please post the photo



Thank you!!!!

Hi,



I have the images in jpeg format, taken with my digital camera. Unfortunately I don't have access to a website I can post them on. Can I send them to you directly? Feel free to post them here - I think it's an excellent upgrade - but then it is my baby.

Also, I am looking forward to sailing the FX-One this weekend in the Chesapeake 100 - but I am no Glen Ashby.



Steve

Many thanks in advance.



Wouter

If I had known about the chesapeake 100 earlier, I would have entered as well.



Good luck to you.

Hi,

I will try to post the photos here, but if it doesn't work you can go to:

http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?UV=469150889425_74699876403&US=0&collid=28820976403



Note the notch being cut into the original pin after only 1 hour of sailing.



On the improved design, the load is applied between two relatively flat surface and in an area where there is more meat, so much less likely to fail.



It is amazing how much easier it is to hook and unhook now - no comparison to the original system.



Thanks for everyone's help and comments so far.



Steve

hey Steve I have a Fox and it took me awhile to figure out how to set the hook.......once I got it ,,,theres no problem ......I talked to the Hobie dealer that I bought my FX-One from and he bought the boat through Hobie USA and the mast from Hobie europe....no comptip and no proboem with getting the right one,,,,

Hello Steve,



This is the same system like I have on my Ventilo 18HT

Works perfekt!