my bad... dates are July 6&7, what a meathead! My fav race is Island Hop (often called Horn Island Hop)... cuz that's also where we sail to for week...

Thank you Ron!! 2013 Island Hop Regatta... July 6&7... a straight shot drag race from the starting line off the beach to beautiful Horn Island... ...

I'll be taking some kids out tonight for practice running the Whaler.. and around tomorrow throughout the day... change out my forestay... test out a ...

Ya'll .... I'm asking you to do 2 things: 1. Tell your friends to sign up! 2. Give our social committee ladies a huge hug and lots of love when...

hey RebelBack... I don't know how... I don't know why... but ya'll's little newsletter winds up in my inbox at the club every month... and I enjoy rea...

The winds on the coast have been AWESOME the last few days and should hold... water is still a bit cool and when the land warms into the low 80s a gre...

ugh... ;-(

I don't know about that.... ... all those hoses and PSIs and stuff and I'm thinking he's kegging something.... or sniffin too much glue ?? ;-P

check it out! Check for soft spots.. press down hard with the heel of your hand: - just forward of the front crossbars - just forward of the rear c...

thanks... mast turned to to be BENT and hulls were shot... great NOLA sailor who came to the 1699 regatta took a look at it for us.... oh, Jim... I s...

ditto what smfinley said... 'cept I don't usually have my wings on anymore..... can't right it alone, but I've done dumber things.. 🙂 seems kind...

for $3K the boat's not even ready to sail! But great point... Wings are in demand... lots of folks looking, or will soon be... for replacement h...

the old Hobie 14 is a blast! There's a retailer in germany selling them for just $7600 after they're used for the worlds... so many cool hobie mo...

cool.... I might be heading your way tomorrow in fact to try and pickup this hobie 14 mast: br /> if the guy e-mails me back... I need his area code,...

Damon, the 18 looks like it's all there... tramp (there we go again).. mast, hulls, rudders.. just need boards and sails... is this boat worth buff...

breakfast for 1699 little fun regata will be around 9ish... cassarole, grits, coffee, etc... and we'll prob start the first race around 11... do as ...

awesome! I'm on it!

again, now worries... I don't usually sail class legal either, cause I want to keep my "marginal" condition class hobie sails as good as possible for ...

your tramp better be legal, or else we'll be forced to confiscate it as illegal booty.

get some thin amsteel / dyneema / vectran or whatever 'cause the thin stuff is pretty cheap and has near zero strech (minimal) with a 1400lb breaking ...

Hey man, a bunch of us rag-tag Hobie sailors from OSYC go camping there every spring and fall, along with a few chase/power boats to haul the coolers....

Style? Classic, Modern or Don't Care Maybe N/A for newbee... but I'm struggling over this w/my Hobie 18. (I'd call it Classic) Fabulous boat, twea...

Oh yeah! Bring on the F-18s... ANY F-18.. lest the "Old But Still Full of Fight" Hobie 18s outclass the "F" boats! some gouge on the details here:

The prindle 18 main sail is a good SIZE match for the hobie 18 main (can't speak to the jibs though.. but could make it work..)... I have both sails a...

BREAKING NEWS: Potential for a Hobie 16 "B" Fleet... so any of you a bit cautious about signing up, go ahead and w/enough boats, you can cut your teet...

it's not rocket science... you learned your main, you learned your jib, this is another sail... just things feel a little odd going downwind faster t...

that's exactly what I was thinking... I was a longtime solaris sysad, have tons of old "unix live free or die" type comics, etc etc.. 'evil geniuses ...

Thanks Damon... the highest evolution... 🙂 Three cheers for "ROOTUS ROOTUS"Edited by robpatt on Feb 19, 2013 - 09:29 AM.