Hobie TriFoiler, Assembly Manual

1155)) Detach the port boom from

the king post. 

Detach the port boom from the king post.

Temporarily hook the outhaul to the 

port shroud. The port mast will not rotate fully

with the boom connected to the king post.

16) Install both shock

absorbers.

The body of the shock goes down and the

shaft protrudes from the top. Attach the top

portion to the mast first and then the bottom of

the shock to the fitting on the deck of the ama.

17) Install the foils.

The foils curve under the boat and the air

dams are on the leading surface. Keep most of

the foil inside the cover to protect the foil while

installing it. Remove the pin from the foil plate.

Align the holes of the foil plate with the holes

on the ama and install the pin. Now connect

Three hooks; 

1)

Connect the brass hook to the

wire thimble next to the mast base. 

2)

Connect

the brass hook to the short bridle rope on the

foil. 

3)

Connect the plastic hook on the blue

rope exiting out of the beam to the blue rope

exiting near the mast base. These three con-

nections are necessary to retract the foils.

18) Raise the foil and remove

the cover.

Pull the blue line and cleat it into the jam

cleat on the beam, then cleat it into the cam

cleat in the cockpit for safety. Remove the

cover. 

NOTE: You may want to leave the covers in place until you

are ready to launch the boat to further protect the foils.

19) Install the sensors.

Remove the sensors from the cockpit. Place

the hole, located in the back end of the sensor

arm, over the small stainless steel pin in the

deck of the ama. Then align the horizontal hole

in the sensor arm with the holes in the ama

and insert the black aluminum pin. Secure the

pin with the bungi cord by looping the end over

the opposite end of the pin.

20a) Hook up the sensor

retraction line.

Uncoil the grey line from the mast. Hook the

looped end of the grey line to the black plastic

hook on the red line (coming out of the end of

the main beam). The grey line runs over the

small block on the mast then out to the end of

the sensor arm. Hook the plastic hook to the

pad eye on top of the sensor arm.

Bridle

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When de-rigging the boat, 

BE SURE

THAT THE PORT BOOM IS CONNECTED

TO THE KING POST.

Untie the knots in the

backstay purchase system and slacken the

system all the way before unhooking the

backstay.