Club Med Turks and Caicos is that what you meant, damn auto complete LOL. Thanks for the info. Keep the info coming. Ricardo.

That is a hobie 16. Someone has a bad measuring tape. JMHO, YMMV, Ricardo.

Not many produced, not many if any for sale. There was one floating around FL for a while but I think it sold. Parts will be tough to get. I really...

If the water where you are is not deep, waist high, you can do everything in the water. My buddy has a place in FL and is on sea wall. He put a post ...

More things than mast rake involved. Mast rake will load the rudders, without dagger boards that will make a difference. Toe in or out makes a diff...

Here is fly over country we sail through late October, water in the 50s. Here is the rule, (not a suggestion) DRESS FOR THE WATER TEMP! as stated a...

Goof Off is acetone, get the adhesive remover, it will not take much. JMHO, Richard.

I thought you were selling the hulls only for a while?

3M makes and Adhesive remover that makes Goo Gone look like glue. It will NOT harm the paint like Acetone can and thinner will. I would not use t...

Your best bet is to re-drill and tap the Nacra ball. It is nylon and should not be hard to do. HTH, Richard.

I have a Nacra and a Hobie 18 get the Hobie 18 with wings is fine. I personally do not like them but they do add real estate. The only downside of t...

Yep, mast cradle is what that is. There were bolts that had half moon cuts so they could go into the track and support the mast for on the road.

Buy Phillips tang, drill out the old rivets. Get new rivet cups or sleeves, 5200 silicon and put it on. You will need one heck of a riveter though a...

Get a Getaway, it is bullet proof, we bought a Wave for 2k this year, keep looking and you will find a get away for a good price. No boards, no boom,...

A 14 non turbo has no dolphin striker and no hole for it. A Turbo (with jib) will have and need the hole. No help on what to do without pix of what ...

I have always used trophy braid, it has the cotton outer and is much easier on the hands. JMHO, Richard.

Just down the beach from the sand bar North end there are several apparently abandoned boats. Check with your landlord, if you have beach access. So...

Find the righting weight of the boat you want to buy, you need to be close to it or you are or will be screwed. It will end up on its side and then o...

I have been in Hobies for 20 years and have never seen one break. This summer I have now seen three of these (yours are 4 and up) fail in a very shor...

I always pull them apart from the middle and then take the wheel off inboard, They are bolted together so it is much easier than removing the outer r...

Generally the bottoms of the boats are solid the sides and decks are foam cored more so than the bottom. HTH, Richard.

Wrap them around the mast for storage as opposed to just cleating them. In the 16 wrap the main halyard a couple of times and it will be quiet. HTH, ...

With all the cats and all the miles I have towed, it has nothing to do with the size of the cat or the weight of the boat trailer combination (within ...

I still have the hooter but am learning the soft kite which goes deeper and has a larger wind window. JMHO, Richard.

We gave up the pin a long time ago, we use a screw driver of slightly smaller diameter and it has a handle, easy in, easy out and way strong enough fo...

The boat came with a hooter which is a much stiffer sail. The soft refers to the fact is soft material and can be snuffer as opposed to the hooter wh...

I put a soft spin on my 5.5 and bought a bunch of used parts and made it work relatively cheap. The pole is an old mast from an aqua cat (sunfish spa...

Lake VS salt water, sail what you got ON A CAT. I have sailed east coast, west coast, gulf coast, north coast (lake Michigan) and lakes all over the...

I never run one anymore without the spreader bar. It makes it so much more comfortable than the pincher in the center. JMHO. I have an Aquata Worel...