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Twist-n-Stow (up control line) Bungee replacement / Outfitter
This kit is designed to help improve the performance of your Twist and Stow Rudder if originally supplied with a Bungee on the
up control line as described below. Please follow the instructions to complete this modification.
1)
Place the rudder in the up position with the retaining bungee fastened over
the rudder
2)
Prop the boat up against a wall so it is resting on its right side and open the
round hatch between the seat and mirage drive well. Reach inside the boat
towards the stern, and locate the rudder up/down control arm which is attached
to the rudder up-down handle.
3)
There are two bungees attached to the up/down control arm,
looped around eyelet posts on either side of the end of the control
arm. The up-line bungee is the one attached to a line running
from the bungee to the stern of the boat.
4)
Detach the up-line bungee from the
eyelet post
5)
At the stern,
locate the up-line running to the rudder.
It is one of the two center lines running to
the rudder, and it should be slack.
Pull the line until it becomes taught.
Pull it harder until the sleeve comes out of the boat. Pull the sleeve
all the way out of the hull. Pull the line until you feel the bungee loop hit the inside of the hull. Cut the up-
line as close as you can to the hull so that you are trimming off the small line close to the Bungee.
PIGTAIL (Drawn in Inches)
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A length of line “Pigtail” with two loops is provided with this kit. The loop ends are equal 1/2” diameter each.
This dimension is critical for hooking onto the eyelet post and must be present on one end of the finished
line extension. It may be possible to build this extension using another similar type of line and bowline
knots if in-the-field replacement is desired without using the Hobie provided “Pigtail” extension.
