The Bowline is inadequate. Earlier today I left one of the four trapeze dog-bones from my F-20 cat at the bottom of the lake, after the bowline undid...

I believe your mast is either from a Hobie 18 or a Gcat 5.0. IIRC the mast base looks like it was either made as a replacement (and has a broken tab s...

I believe your mast is either from a Hobie 18 or a Gcat 5.0. IIRC the mast base looks like it was either made as a replacement (and has a broken tab s...

I've used paddles on the cats, when the wind is dead. I've not been very impressed with their lack of movement. I've been using $10 screw-together pla...

There are two of them here in Utah that we(local yacht club) are selling to a fellow who I believe is parting them out. They are both pretty much shot...

Deer creek has the mussel problem, and it's too much work to deal with decontaminating trap harnesses, life jackets, wetsuit gear, etc, so it's just t...

What about Hobie 16s? I've got a 81' Hobie 16 on single rollers, front and back... Something to be concerned about or are they plenty tough enough?

Where at?

It's not a G-cat. Similar, and yes it does look a little bit like one. Wrong deck profile and wrong keel profile though. It appears to be pretty rare...

Are the pressure equalization holes on the Prindle right below the plugs below the rear cross-beams? I found a little hole, about 1/16th of an inch in...

Good to know. I wondered about that and so have tried to limit how much I use that. I'll definitely work much harder in the future to make sure I don'...

I went there once for a regatta... and returned home without the boat. Long story short, I had a bad day and don't ever want to go back there again. W...

I can get my Hobie 16 to go a good bit faster (maybe 3 mph tops) just pumping the rudder back and forth, with the blades about halfway up, than I ever...

I've got a current record of 6.22 miles in 25 minutes, about 15 mph average, on a Hobie 16, in rough conditions (reefed main, 25+ mph winds, reaching)...

That's pretty cool Pete! How well does the upper rear corner hold up? I don't see much of an angle on the diagonal batten in there, seems like a lot m...

Good news! I found the full matching set of missing prindle 16 sails. Problem solved! Back to the question at hand, not that it is very important now...

I see, How does the control of the sail differ from the control of a modern flat-top sail?