Venture 22 Hobie 16 main and backstay flicker

[sporgo]

Thought I would share this someone here may appreciate it.

The original main I received with my boat is is sad shape. New sails are planned for later in the year but I would like to continue sailing through the winter. Searching locally didnt turn up anything promising.

I have modified a hobie main that I found in storage under our cabin. To make it fit I removed material from the bottom of the sail and restitched the foot. The roach/leech of the fully battened Hobie 16 main was a problem. I had to build a back stay flicker to allow it to clear when changing tacks. I constructed this from a piece of aluminum square tube and one of those orange fiberglass drive way rods from Lowes.

No idea how this sail will perform on the mac but I have nothing to lose since it was almost free. Only expenses were the rod, thread, and time spent sewing. Pictures are just after it was washed and run up to dry.

[Seapup]

Interesting. Be sure to let us know how it works. It almost looks like you could use it at the original first reef and clear the backstay? I have an oversized main with larger roach and drop it each time I tack to clear the backstay.

[sporgo]

Interesting. Be sure to let us know how it works. It almost looks like you could use it at the original first reef and clear the backstay? I have an oversized main with larger roach and drop it each time I tack to clear the backstay.

I dont think it would clear even at the reef point. The Hobie sail just has a huge roach compared to the v22 sail. I am happy to report that the Hobie sail gave a very noticeable improvement over my bagged out original main.