smattie wrote:
Not such a good buy. The tramp looks fantastic. The hiking straps are stitched, not grommeted as I originally posted. Each side is too narrow for the 16 and, too wide for the 14. The length is correct for the 16, but too long for the 14. The rear strap is much narrower than my current 16 which would cause the lacing to have an approximately 3" wide gap. The nice part (I think) is that there is a 1/4" rope heat welded all the way around which would appear to strengthen the lacing area. Also, the grommets are also the much larger #4. I'm considering simply having it cut down at a local shop to fit the 14. Any thoughts as to what I might have? The 14 is a 74 model I believe. Is it possible that Hobie changed the tramp size from the earlier years?
What you've described sounds like a Hobie 16 trampoline. On my boat, there's a 3 - 4 inch gap in the rear and 2 - 4 in gap in the center (my tramp is laced super tight - the gap in the center is narrowest in the middle of the boat where the sidebars are bent inward).
The size of the trampoline has not changed. Cutting down a 16 tramp to fit a 14 is madness. You'll ruin it, because you can't heat weld it. You'd be better off selling it to someone who needs a 16 tramp and then buying a 14 tramp.