Not necessarily trying to throw more negativity on your project (more like reality, I hope), but I think the example of the Hobie 18 hulls from a few ...

Are you talking about a Hotstick? If so, they can sometimes be salvaged. If you look at the inside tube, you will see that it is not circular, one si...

Stock setup is 7:1. Personally I would (and do) just use standard bow shackles since they are highly dependable and there’s really no reason (at least...

You can hang a triple block off of a single boom bale. Lot’s of folks have done this over the years (including myself). That being said, the individ...

I'm pretty sure Arriba went out of business (it was basically a one-man show), so they likely have no or very limited availability at this point. sm

Looks like you did a number on that one, glad you were able to make it home. I did a bow reinforcement job on a Hobe 18 using Prisma Composite Prefo...

Like I said in my original response, you are at the low end of the weight spectrum, so loose diamonds will likely be preferred. If you had 75-100 Lbs...

The clam cleats on the base of the mast that you have the line routed through look like they're intended to be used for setting the "gross" control li...

CatFan57 wrote: I take it from that that there is still some point at which the diamond wires on an H18 (or any other boat) could be so loose as to de...

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Clear packing tape is the standard repair material used for similar repairs on mylar and vinyl windows of windsurfing sails. A vinyl sticker will eve...

Hm, I don't think it's that simple. OK, there are two schools of thought on mast tuning. The traditional setup as I mentioned earlier... tighter dia...

indiana18 wrote: So the tighter the wires, the more power? Is this the case irrespective of crew weight and wind speed? A little background info...l...

What material are you planning to use? I made a wooden box probably about 15 years ago by framing out with ripped down 2x4’s and skinning over with 3...

We had a set of hard-wheeled cat trax about 25-30 years ago. I can tell you that they are considerably more difficult to use on soft sand than the tr...

dartsailors wrote: How about those of us that don't have drain plugs? All I've got is an access port at the back of each hull. Do I take a sheet of ...

Recommended earlier in the thread.... Dogboy wrote: IMO, the best way to pressurize your hull is to take a piece of tubing and jam it into the drain...

As MN3 mentioned, HobiePhil is the only person I know of that ever ran a spinnaker on a Hobie 17, so I think you are likely going to be figuring this ...

I have very limited experience with VHF radios (own one but just carry it on board, virtually never use it), so someone with more experience may corre...

All of the vhf channels have a specific purpose and only a handful are intended for recreational conversation. Even such, the discussions should be ke...

My understanding is that Hobie’s catamaran inspiration came from Woody Brown’s “Manu Kai”, a large wooden catamaran they sailed in Hawaii and the Paci...

Agreed. Not to mention, everything I’ve ever read says that Hobie’s catamaran prototypes were all fiberglass/foam. By the time he had gotten into desi...

I used a piece of old vinyl house siding, cut to a strip that's the same width as the gap between the tramp halves. Threaded it in between the tramp ...

It’s an early to mid-90’s boat based on the hull graphic (late 90’s had the current diamond graphic), so still pushing 25 years old. Rudders may be EP...

You would be throwing good money after bad having a sail loft work on that window. It’s a 35-40 year old sail and certainly blown out. Just sail it as...

That sail is pushing 40 years old (late ‘70s early ‘80s sail pattern) and no amount of halyard or jib lead tweaking is going to get rid of those wrink...

Are you standing in front of the mast to hoist? If so, that sounds extremely difficult. On my H18, I can generally just unroll the sail on the tramp...

Actually, a spacer will help with the loading of the bolt because it will allow the flange of the strap and the head of the bolt to bear against a sol...

The exposed corners of those straps look like the perfect place for a sheet to wedge itself into at the worst possible moment or for taking a nice chu...

If it's all one continuous line (which it appears to be), I don't see how it elminates the need for a traveler or a vang. There's no way to "travel o...