Hmmm ... using an Extreme 40 to conflate performance to a 16 foot catamaran? I am not sure those aren't apples and oranges.

shortyfox wrote: About a year ago this Hobie 16 fell in a few hundred yards behind me and it took quite a while for me to realize I was pulling away f...

I owned a TomCat 6.2. If you are looking for the performance of a beach cat, the TomCat is not the boat for you. It does not go up wind very well ...

The best 'combination' boat that I have ever been on is an F16. Fast, yes ... fun, yes ... two up, no problem. I own a Blade but have also sailed ...

Having owned two of them, I would recommend a well cared for Hobie Tiger. It is built like a brick and is a blast to sail. If an F-18 is your fut...

This site has been a mainstay for the beach cat community for a long, long time. When others have come and gone, Beachcats.com remains. For more wo...

Buy yourself a nice used F-16.

Don't encourage him. It doesn't take much of a push for him to add to his fleet.

It is very simple to use sister clips for disconnecting your jib raising line. The jib halyard is usually set on a 2:1 so tension shouldn't be an is...

Any boat is pretty easy singlehanded to raise the mast with a gin pole and a good trailer winch. When I owned it, I regularly put up the Tiger mast...

I don't currently have a boat for sale but my sailing buddies do. I believe a Hobie 16, a Prindle 16 and a Prindle 18. They may also be putting th...

Sure you get to choose. Pick the model you believe is the best boat for you, seach every 'for sale listing' (hopefully its this one) and purchase ac...

I would just do some neoprene sleeves ...

If it helps, I have moved to attaching the gin pole to the trailer rather than the mast. My trailers have a square tube for the fwd mast post. I a...

You can try someting like UShip.com

Thanks for all the information. Hopefully we can put together an agenda. Has anyone done the Miami to Key Largo on a beach cat? Pros / Cons? Tha...

Hobie 14 is the boat reference but the technical point is tacking a boat that has no jib and the transistion from one tack to the other is 8ft apart n...

If you want to race in a Sunfish fleet, the Wave will not do a better job as your first boat. What is the criteria then you can determine the boat. ...

Hey, no one is "hating" but most have a strong opinion about the one boat they love. All boats have a plus/minus evaluation. Which boat you end up...

I would have to disagree with that statement. My Blade comes in at about that same weight and on a set of beach wheels it moves without issue. Eve...

This thread has gotten to long to re-read. If they haven't been mentioned, there are two boat criterial that are very near the top of my list. Buy ...

Correct.

Yes, the Falcon is the next generation to my Blade. There is also the Viper › pages › viper). Nacra makes an F16 as well. We now have three F16s ...

I have owned mine for 35 years. Basically, I am keeping it for the grandkids. The only time I take it out to sail is if it is blowing 20-30 mph. ...

Better choice ... F16 of whatever manufacturer you can get your hands on. Yes it has boards but they are very light and easy to handle. Don't confu...

There isn't a whole lot of bouancy in those H14 hulls.

If you think you have the boat properly on the trailer, get out the bathroom scale and check tongue weight until you find the right length of tongue. ...

My F16 Trailex trailer has a tongue length of 21ft. It goes from the ball to the rear cross bar of the trailer. From the ball to the bows (as the b...

Many years ago, I started on a Hobie 14 weighing a bit less than 150lbs. I wouldn't say every sail was a nail biting adventure but it sure was exciti...