Beautiful restoration, I enjoyed watching all of your videos. The new sails look great as well.

re: Leaking, I went in from the bottom and smeared a bead of thickened epoxy along the lower flange in the dagger well and that was the end of my leak...

Terrific video, thanks very much for sharing!!!

John, It's hit or miss on the Long Island Sound. You can have great days even in the dead of summer, but you will find the best winds April/May (brin...

Really enjoying your rebuild posts and videos. If I can make one small suggestion: I think for future viewers it would be be easiest to follow your p...

pknapp66 wrote: Where do you sail? The only two cat friendly places by me are for town residents only, Madison or Fairfield. Both places are nice push...

Damon, ditto. I have a small varnished wooden paddle that gets bungied to the boom. Not the greatest paddle in the world but it works.....

Great work, Tom, your boat looks terrific!

Beautiful restoration, congratulations!

Goodspeed, If you're bored on a Hobie 18 in steady 17MPH/15 Knots of wind (read: moderate whitecap conditions), my suggestion would be to read up on t...

Wow, that's frightening. I'm glad you and your family are safe. The comment about needing to lose weight and get in better shape was asinine. I'm s...

I use a 6 foot step ladder to step my H18 mast. Connect the mast base and and shrouds while resting the upper mast on the top step of the ladder, whi...

The Eagle 20 HF is pretty slick, too:br />Edited by BrianCT on Jun 22, 2014 - 02:00 PM.

Yeah, I understand that, and it was certainly a consideration when I bought the blocks. If the system fails in year 6 or whatever, I won't even bat a...

My Nautos mainsheet system is holding up great, I couldn't be happier with the purchase. I bought a "Classic Line" 57MM 6:1 triple stack setup which ...

RicardOben wrote: Sorry, but I have to disagree. Call Florida Sailcraft who made them originally probably. They can help you, they have helped me tw...

Hi Vinny, In my experience the H18 is not necessarily faster than a P16 (or a H16) in all conditions. In low wind conditions these lighter boats have ...

Well, I guess i'll play the contrarian here - Why the "P16 all the way if it's really blowing out"? A crewed H18 is a terrific option when the wind ...

Intensity Sails has a sale on "Waveshields Watersports Sunglasses" that look similar to the SeaSpecs. You can pick up a pair for $16 (available in Bl...

re: #5, your mast bearing should be tight. The screw is only there so you can swap out the bearing when it wears. My ball/bearing doesn't turn at al...

Damon, I did my hulls a year ago this past April and they still look great. I had one small area I needed to touch after my buddy leaned his sandy kay...

pknapp66 wrote: Looks like it has been painted recently. Perhaps. I was thinking it was the original blue gelcoat. I have an '82 blue and white two...

Looks fun, Captain, you had the lake all to yourself. 4:20 try and resist the urge to dump the sheet the moment your hull starts flying. If the Reyn...

This boat is a creampuff. Highly desirable and expensive SX wings along with the requisite hull reinforcement kit, remarkably new-looking Tequila Su...

Genmar wrote: Actually you will find the 18 is a much better 1up boat. Its way to heavy and slow with two people. My 18 is my main ride ,but I dont bo...

Nice videos. I agree with the-renovator, those Supercats have wonderful lines!

HULLFLYER wrote: H-14 Mast 24 feet approx 171% of boat length P-16 Mast 26 feet approx 163% of boat length H-16 Mast 26 feet approx 156% of boat lengt...

gahamby wrote: Dropping in on those surfers was totally lame. Yeah, they're hotshot cat sailors with company boats but they're reckless dickheads. I ...

Zach, Have you inquired about the FX-One that is listed on the Hobie Classifieds Forum? This boat would seem to meet all of your requirements. I rem...