There is a Taipan 4.9 for sale on this site. Start out Uni rigged and work up to all three sails. Don't let the boards scare you.

How much tongue weight do you have? If not enough, you may need to slide the boat forward and there won't be so much distance from boat to ball.

Hmmm ... NAFTA made shipping many goods between the US and Canada duty free. You need to check the applicable code to see. That said, a sail assem...

I would quite disagree that a Tiger is difficult to rig without a crew. If by crew, you mean a six foot step ladder then OK. I use the trapeez wir...

Although I no longer own a Hobie Tiger, I did own one for over a decade. Let me dispel a few myths and start by a few facts. I am in my sixties and...

Sounds like a good venue for a Nacra 6.0 or spend a lot more of the sailing season on Lake Superior with the H18.

Sta-Master shroud adjusters are another way to get that done. I have them on all the cats and would have a hard time going any other way at this poi...

She sure is a pretty boat! For lengthy storage, I would suggest that you move the forward cradles back to around the front cross bar. That is where ...

That is a great choice and a boat that you will enjoy more and more as time goes by.

Save yourself the 80 lbs and get an F16 instead. And you love the increased performance.

That model may be too small for a Hobie 18.

Does a Nacra 17 have a furling jib?

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I am not sure what that block is rated for but I would put a real swivel up there.

If you are solo sailing in open fleet racing and want something fast and light, any of the F16 boats is the way to go. F18, I20, Nacra 6.0, etc, etc ...

If you are thinking about one design racing in your area (socially or later competitively), the H16 would be the way to start IMHO. They seem to hav...

Casual racing against other casual racers, yes. Against high end competition on the newest boats, I don't think you can be competitive.

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I only drank four of them. Where did the rest of them go? I you haven't been to the Roton Point Multihull Regatta, it is one for the bucket list. ...

Sweet!!

There isn't anyone that won't concede that boardless boats are simplier by the fact there are less parts. If your sailing area just isn't condusive ...

I think the rudders down, pushed back issue would apply to any cat.

The Nacra 500 Sport does come with a spinnaker kit. That said, I don't consider the F16 a pure bred racer. It is just a light, fast, fun boat.

I don't use the forestay to raise the mast. If I am sailing with a spinnaker, I use that halyard and if not then the main halyard (wing mast goes up ...

Another tidbit .. if you tie your trap wires over the front cross bar and down to the trailer, those wires used to stabilize the mast side to side wil...

I am sorry but a gin pole adds 30-45 mins to rigging time ... ah, no !! That is like saying it takes 2-1/2 hours to rig a spinnaker boat. Two of...

There is no reason to lift a mast into place solo. A winch on the mast post with a gin pole either on the trailer or placed on the mast makes it an...

The great thing about an F16 is you only have to rig as much as you want to sail. This weekend I was faster upwind than a H17, H20 and an I20 while ...

My F16 Blade is overall, the best catamaran I have owned or sailed on. It checks a lot of boxes that other boats can't. That said, if you have a pa...

C'mon .. beach cat at 5mph? I am not sure I would use fine. At least on the tri you can throw up the 570 sq ft of spinnaker or the 245 sq ft of scr...