My main thought is to get rid of the wire on the Hobie 20 now.
Mike Brindisi (Hobie dealer in Lincoln, Nebraska) came up with a replacement for the tramp wire on the 20. He removed the cleat on the car and used two, one-hole straps (bolted to the existing tapped holes of the car) to secure the first of four S/S rings connected via short pieces of 1" webbing. The inboard/last ring is "connected" to the opposite side ring set with a length of dyneema. More of a comfort thing for the crew. You manually move the jib block cleat to different positions. He's still selling the setup. Ran it on our boat and liked it. Most complaints I heard was keeping the line between tight, will obviously start floating up if not tight.