Forgot to sign in... "A grease gun and buddy bearings won't get sufficient grease to the inner bearings." I do not use the "Bearing Buddies" to lube t...

The h18 needs some reasonable wind to light it up.

boat trailers can be converted for much less than a whole new trailer.

If you search "You Tube", there are all kinds of videos on the subject.

This is my setup. The tongue weight is a bit heavy (makes for better tracking), but you can adjust for your setup. 18ft hobie.

are they really worn out?

Would using a longer set of lines work? Tie off to the very front of the hulls and to the rudder fixtures at the rear?

I guess the above is sound advice. Learn the boat in stages.

probably a very complicated addition of different measurements, but, once you know the total volume you can figure it out. water is 8lbs/gallon.

Call your hotel Valet/consierge. they know everything.Edited by raisehull on Mar 11, 2022 - 07:01 AM.

If you do it a bunch of times, you will figger out what needs to be disconneted and what doesn't. My H-18 is about 45 min up or down, even with a rook...

Trailering forward, you can do this:

After you hit "Submit" for your post, I have found that if i give it some seconds to chew on it, then hit the "Refresh" button, my post comes up. This...

I think 75' would be a life time supply.

"Scotty! Beam me to that boat!!!"

NICE!!! Represent the "Upper Midwest".

The drain plug doesn't screw out from the socket?

If you go on your side with the "wet" hull up in the air, you won't have much time before the boat will want to turtle. I have never really read someo...

pretty sure this is what i used, and it worked really well. I think tho that if you get to a marine supply store, they would have something that will ...

This is my gin pole. The angle pieces running from the front of the trailer back to the front hull cradle pivots. It stays on the trailer and simple f...

Trailering backwards OR forwards for any long distance, I would remove the rudders. It's not that big a deal.(I marked mine "P" & "S") I think the buf...

A smaller "Mill" file should cut those cornerss and edges. Just go slow, light pressure. Hard to put the metal back on.

Yer pic links are not working.

Anchoring off to a pole, I would use as long a line as possible. You don't want to take a chance of several wind shifts "wrapping" your line around th...

raisehull wrote: If you anchor often this way, I would try something like this. The main anchor line running from the base of the mast, then run thru ...

Be sure to mount the furler correctly if it needs to be! I know on my H18, the difference is very subtle. but! it makes a difference and is noticed on...

LOL> and he doesn't love Nacras like some of us do. ALL HOBIE COPY "CATS". pun intended.

Do you have a local club or anyone experianced that can look all this over and help you?