Taipan 4.9 would be a great compromise between A-cats (165 lbs) and your typical beach cat crowd of Prindle's, Nacra's and Hobies. Taipan's are hard t...

Hello Drjay, I think you have a good tight list. I arrived at a similar list of Cats in my search. My list came down to 5 cats: Hobie 16, Supercat 17,...

The ad is still up. I looked seriously at this boat, it's in very good shape & quite new. He offered it to me for $2700 (Cdn$), & I think $2500 cash w...

I will check out the Prindle 18, might work, not much more weight than Hobie 16. Hobie's do not have the hull volume I would like to have.

I'm located in RI. The Prindle 18 @ 335lbs and Hobie 16 @ 320lbs could be options but they are heavier boats. Dart 18 & Taipan 4.9 are 80 - 100 lbs ...