I know this is a fun dated post... but! End caps are now being made again! Back up on Murrays site. Question is, How do you attach them to the boat? F...

High Hull Flying can result in burying a wing and then you can fly... lots of intense sailing can lead to wing failure... and they cost money! Be nic...

Awwwww yeah. It was great to have you out carl, and hope to see you back in Aug for the Hobie 18 NACs. Tom

On a boat with hatches, you can stuff rigging into the hatches, or you can coil and stragically tie everything down, on two oposite sides of the loops...

Regarding the jib cleats, my first question would be what type of jib blocks do you have? The older 18s came stock with Seaway brand jib blocks. These...

THe magnum wings do not extend and the fram is one piece. The SX wings extend and are a few pieces. The rivets and mounting plates are upgrades for bo...

I agree, I bought a boat for $500 that came with 3 oxen blocks on it, a nice set of sails and other fun parts. I wouldn't pay 600 for them.

Unbolt the diamond wires first. I picked up a Hobie 18 mast that looked like that until I took off the diamond wires. THen lubed them, then loosed the...

goodsailing wrote: Don't spend too much time thinking about this, it's not a standard Hobie 18 rig, in fact I've never seen it done. Forget about it a...

Your jib is your turbo on the 16 or other beach cat. It will accelerate the air over the main to create lift. If you tighten it too much and pinch off...

I know the 18s had some very low digit sail numbers for nationals and worlds events. There are also some that order their custom number when they purc...

cirrus, The H18 is a nice one design class out here in California. It can carry 4 adults easily and sail in a wide variety of conditions. It can a...

Jim, You can get a lot of excitement out of any of those boats, but the real question is, are you racing or pleasure sailing? The boats you liste...

Congratulations on the Hobie Purchase. There are at least a couple of active 18 groups down there, and A LOT of parts available, used and new for that...

oscarlet, Not sure where on the west coast you are... but we have a growing group of 18 sailors out of the San Luis Obispo area. Probably also a r...