springportjoe wrote: Thanks, you nailed it. Spring, Do you own the cat? Tell us more about it, pretty rare.

Welcome to TheBeachcats.com, hopefully someone can point you to the perfect boat. Do you have sailing experience besides the ride on your friends H21...

Found it, I knew I had seen this before. Star Cat 5.6 Limited run production from Michigan builder. Details

springportjoe wrote: I tried to figure this one out, I'm sure I've seen it before. Very distinct features with forward single centerboard and crude ...

Thanks for the info, does sound kind of fishy. Anyone else looking proceed with caution. Some people are just terrible salesman and "don't want to be...

That's cool! Is it slippery? What are the aero advantages? No air passes through the tramp? Back to the debate about solid vinyl vs mesh Hobie tramps...

Dogboy wrote: What I'm going to do now is after I rig the boat I'm going to loop a strong piece of line through a spare clew plate hole and wrap it un...

Good job not capsizing initially when it broke. And you got it on video! The old saying "Bad times make good stories" goes double for video!

Good luck with the search, that would be cool to find your dad's boat. What hulls did the Lindahl 18 Squares use?

Thanks! Who's next?

pbegle wrote: Taking down a Prindle 16 & tornado to La Paz (tip of the Baja) in Jan & Feb. Sail off the city front beach with either of these rentals...

Is that the only picture available?

MN3 wrote: It's a floating BBQ grill / smoker!!!! That's what I thought the middle section looked like.

Will I suck? Not be able to right it? Don't know if you'll suck, but I doubt if you'd be able to right a Hobie 18 Magnum alone at 170lb's unless you...

You got a great deal, the rudder castings alone are worth what you paid! And so are the wings! The boat has some nice upgrades, someone was taking ca...

Edchris177 wrote: Ok, it's my computer. Thanks for reporting back, must be something restricting internet cookies or sessions for the user account.

Hello 06commonrail and welcome to TheBeachcats.com. Happy to hear you are interested in learning to sail. Before we jump into recommending a particu...

I just tried adding a picture to your new album and had no problem. Are you using the same setup to upload as you used when you made the Cat Trax alb...

Edchris177 wrote: I had a bit of a tough time getting the mast pin out, had to twist & pull with vice grips. Turned out the pin is slightly bent, cau...

Edchris177 wrote: I think I'll just remove the wings, as I may want to redo the tramp lacing over winter. There is nothing in the manual about wings,...

Dogboy wrote: One note about dropping the mast - make sure you keep the mast aligned to the centerline of the boat as much as possible (i.e., don't le...

0rion85 wrote: How's it going I'm new here, am the proud new owner of an '81 H18. Started out sailing a '01 Weeks Force5 two years ago. Decided I was...

ita16 wrote: Hi everyone, Hi Will , f20ht, Peter have reported to me this forum, I state that I did not know this site, it is a pleasure to read the...

wlrottge wrote: Strange thread Damon... But the second is a person who registered in 2006 but has never posted until now, and just to endorse this ad...

In case anyone wasn't sure if the Hobie 16 was over 16 feet. It's 16 feet 7 inches, and that's just the hull length, I don't know if the government wo...

Sounds like it's going to be a great event, it's the details that make the difference!