I took my tube storage off of my trailer recently. It was a thick-walled and heavy tube. It also had buckets on the end, which lasted when in use, bu...

I don't own a monhull, but do go out on them (club boats and a sailing organization that has a J22 fleet). Many of the cat sailors at my club have mo...

+1 for Any web search will yield some results and searching could take up most of the looong land based winter (please post your results). These ar...

There is a Hobie dealer, Ocean Motion, in St Simon's Island, GA that rents Hobie 16s. March might be cold though. I have visited the DR and Jamaica a...

It runs the length of the portion of the hull that typically sits on the beach, to protect against damage from dragging on the beach - a long length. ...

I spoke to the dealer (Ocean Motion) and they stated it is Iron-crete from Mantek. They also stated it might chip off. They have had some of thi...

I know what you are saying about a foiling cat, but I come back to what I see at local regattas: there are always large dingy fleets and plenty of lar...

Is there no way to attach the main sheet to the clew of the sail, e.g. pin one of the blocks to the clew plate? (not sure what that plate looks like o...

Sailbot. Excellent. Now I can lay on the couch watching football and go sailing!

We just had our last cat regatta and the two Hobie 18s, sailed solo, seemed to do just fine in high gusty winds. I sailed my Hobie 16 solo (crew bail...

What type of rig would you put on it, and how high can it point?

I am not familiar with the anchor knot's performance, but would suspect both it and the bowline would benefit from having the bitter end seized. Reg...

Thanks!. That was a fun day. Good wind. In that picture we were about to run out of water though!!

I ripped my old sails sheeting in hard using a 6:1. For yours, I would hope the sail is the weak link, but sails are not cheap!

We put straps on our boat from many years ago. I do not have them on my current boat. Maybe just one far aft, so when the boat sends you foward, yo...

sierracat: I have been thinking about the same thing in my recreational sailing. And your logic makes perfect sense. You can graph it on paper. ...

Thanks Rattlenhum. The luff track issue was my main concern regarding the orientation. Does anyone have any recommendations for 'crutch padding'? ...

Damon: Why do you say the H14/H16 hulls are hard to drain? I have a H16, and want to make sure I am not missing anything. I usually have little or ...

That looks like the same weekend as the James Island Yacht Club regatta. I had the same question for who is attending JIYC. I have to be in Charle...

I used these on my Hobie in Charleston 20 years ago. I do not recall any problems with seizing, but it is possible my father recalls (he was the one ...

+1 on the whole set up, except the winch strap tied around the dolphin striker. Is this boat designed to take that force?