Let's see those 18's please!!!

I'll start off, this one is me with my wife sitting idle by in the center against the mast and my daughter atop the wing just cruising in Lake Coatepeque, El Salvador

There are scads of photos here: http://hobie-18.ning.com/

1059 is me...

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Texas 200 in '08

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Dan St. Gean
'82 H 18
'96 H Wave

Just out having a little fun with my bro.

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Pete
1982 18' Hobie

This forum won't let you reference dynamic URLs, like the ones in that photo gallery. There are other ways to skin a cat through:

Here they are both still un named, and that bothers me. I have a kitty cat named smokey, I call him smoke a dok for fun, so I want to name one boat that or, Smokey The Cat. Maybe name the other Smokey The Cat 2

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ALLEY CAT 1984 RED LINE HOBIE 18 MAGNUM
Sail # 10505 or 277

My wife told me, "Sometimes, you have to
"

So I did. I picked this 1983 Hobie 18 up this weekend, 10/16/09 for what I feel is a fair price. It has been in a shed for the last 14 years.




A simple hosing down and a few hours in the water and it looks like I imagine it did when it left the showroom + a few very minor marks. It has had one owner who states it has only been on the water a hand full of times and always stored in a shed. The sails have been in a sealed tube and they look and feel just as new as the hulls. He even loosened the battons. The dagger boards need a bit of work, but winter is on the way so I should have plenty of time to get them looking nice and shiny as well. The sails are the Jalapeno 80 Nationals Pattern.





I hope to have some pics of it on the water in a few days.

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Sail Like you Have a Pair
Bluish gray 73 - 83 H16
Super Nice Yellow 84 H18

Nice catch!! Any soft spots on the hulls ? please do show us the boat once in the water.

Rock Solid!!!! I had it in the water Saturday and Sunday for probably 4 hours, not a drop of water in the hulls. As soon as I get the images, I will be sure to post them.

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Sail Like you Have a Pair
Bluish gray 73 - 83 H16
Super Nice Yellow 84 H18

Ok, here are some images from our fleets season finale. Of course, our awesome fleet photographers Jay Blackwell and his daughter Rachel(sp) are to thank for these.

My new H18


Me on the boat, My wife and son fishing


Just 3 of the 9 H18's in the fleet
Myself,(I know, my sail was not set properly before I went out. I will be grinding off the flipper dealio very soon) Jeb Stuart and TrtlDave (Dave Myers)



the rest of the album from the weekend.

http://gallery.me.com/vista_grande#100074&view=grid&bgcolor=black&sel=45

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Sail Like you Have a Pair
Bluish gray 73 - 83 H16
Super Nice Yellow 84 H18

Very nice indeed!!! thanks for sharing!!

Nice find!!

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Pete
1982 18' Hobie

Thanks, I am very excited about this boat. I just wish I had found it earler in the year so I did not have to wait so long to sail it again

Sam

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Sail Like you Have a Pair
Bluish gray 73 - 83 H16
Super Nice Yellow 84 H18

Go to Mexico and sail!

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1992 Hobie Cat 18 #16943
Hobie Fleet 198, Rapid City, SD