Return to Hobie.com
Hobie Forums
It is currently Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:21 am

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 23 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2
Author Message
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2010 4:32 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Admiral

Joined: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:13 pm
Posts: 280
Surf City Catamarans wrote:
BobMerrick wrote:

Oh yea and I didn’t pull on the bow and transom to straighten the boat. I thought there was too much risk of just flexing the bow. Instead I went across the platform from casting to casting and pulled the boat square that way.


Never heard of anyone doing it that way before, maybe it's the new cool way. The best way is from pylon to pylon, that way you don't 'square' your boat with one bow forward of the other, which is the point of squaring in the boat in he first place. Is the tramp frame square now?


The hulls are square but I never measured the tramp. What I mean is, I get the same measurement going from starboard bow to port transom as I do going from port bow to starboard transom. Before I pulled the boat square the SB to PT measurement was longer than the PB to ST measurement. To square it up I pulled the starboard bow casting/pylon closer to the port transom casting/pylon.

_________________
http://hobiebob.blogspot.com/


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 4:01 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:05 am
Posts: 31
Location: Cape May, New Jersey
Wally gave me a tip years ago....to make sure the boat stays square, set it square when you glue it up then never measure it again!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:32 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Wed Jul 21, 2004 7:46 pm
Posts: 1457
Location: Santa Cruz
Randy Payne wrote:
Wally gave me a tip years ago....to make sure the boat stays square, set it square when you glue it up then never measure it again!


+1 That's some truth right there!

_________________
Sail Revolution
Join us on our new FB Page!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2010 8:23 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Tue Aug 04, 2009 8:06 pm
Posts: 27
What year is your boat? I was under the impression that with the new corner castings, which have been out for quite some time, there isn't a big advantage to glueing.


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2010 1:47 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 12:27 am
Posts: 25
Location: Denmark
Hi Friends

I just glued my 98 HC16spi. I think it made a big difference going through choppy seas.

Please check the front crossbar before putting the frame together. Mine had some small cracks at the endings,i think there is a lot of stress on that place.So i took it to the welder.
Another small tip: to make sure the epoxy stays in the corner castings and not ends up inside the tubes,i recommend putting paper-tape over the tube endings before gluing, the tape will disappear over time.
The only hard part for me was to get the corners of the pylons!

A Hobie summer to you all :P

_________________
Kind regards Flemse


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:39 pm 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Sun Sep 24, 2017 4:39 pm
Posts: 42
I know this topic has been beat to death, but since it is such a commitment, I wanted to check twice.

I am planning to glue up my corner castings to the pylons. Only the pylons and castings. Not the side bars. Then I'll replace all corner rivets. Does everyone still think West Systems epoxy is best or should I go with 3M 5200 since there is a little give to it when cured? Thanks!


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Tue Nov 19, 2019 6:42 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Old Salt

Joined: Mon May 09, 2005 10:25 am
Posts: 4176
Location: Jersey Shore
Then whole point of gluing the boat is to eliminate all flex, so using an adhesive with some give would defeat the purpose.

The easiest method I have seen is to use West six10 epoxy adhesive. It comes in a caulk-gun type tube with a built-in static mixer which allows easy dispensing. You just squirt it out like you would caulk on whatever you want to glue and it’s ready to go.

sm


Top
 Profile  
 
 Post subject: Re: Glue My Hobie 16
PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 11:08 am 
Offline
Site Rank - Captain

Joined: Thu May 24, 2007 5:28 pm
Posts: 135
Location: Bristol, IN
Ooops, I epoxied mine last week and also did the sidebars. Oh well, guess we will see what happens later down the road. I pre-tensioned with a few ratchet straps to draw in about 1.5". I've released the straps and started lacing the tramp. The epoxy is holding the bend in the sidebars (unless they were already like that before the epoxy).... not much, but it is noticeable if you sight down it, maybe 1/2" offset.


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 23 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

All times are UTC - 8 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 2 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum

Jump to:  
© Hobie Cat Company. All rights reserved.
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group