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| Author: | meechman [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. It sure sounds like a lot to fix the problem. If any of you know how to fix please let me know i need all the ideas i can get.. |
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| Author: | mmiller [ Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
There is a FAQ on that: http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=1156 |
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| Author: | eaberg [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
This is a link to detailed instructions on how to repair soft spots on top of the hulls. http://www.thebeachcats.com/news/87/cat ... tructions/ |
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| Author: | 56kz2slow [ Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
I thought pontoons were made with aluminum?!? |
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| Author: | ASDASC [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:26 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
56kz2slow wrote: I thought pontoons were made with aluminum?!? Always the funny guy, aren't you?!  PS Meechman, the guys on here call them hulls. Pontoons go under the slow boats, apparently. (I know, I know, I have seen the video's of the 75MPH pontoon boats...also pretty cool.) |
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| Author: | 56kz2slow [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:48 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
Can't help it, I'm smartasscastic 
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| Author: | 56kz2slow [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
I guess according to wikipedia, the term pontoon is acceptable in this context. Quote: Pontoons may support a platform, creating a raft. A raft supporting a house-like structure is a houseboat. A fixed platform can be used as a dock. Common boat designs are a catamaran with two pontoons, or a trimaran with three. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_(boat) |
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| Author: | srm [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
56kz2slow wrote: I guess according to wikipedia, the term pontoon is acceptable in this context. Sorry, but catamarans have hulls. Pontoons belong on rafts, bridges, and large obnoxious party boats. It is never acceptable to say your Hobie has pontoons.  sm |
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| Author: | SNovak [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
That doesn't mean that all multihulls are pontoon boats, just that a pontoon boat can have 2 pontoons (catamaran style) or 3 pontoons (trimaran style). The rule of thumb I've always used is if they're cylindrical and metal, they're pontoons. Otherwise, they're hulls (except on a trimaran where the outer "hulls" are actually called "amas"). Having said that, if you refer to them as pontoons around here people will know what you mean even if it is incorrect. However, I wouldn't go up to the owner of a large multihull and say "nice pontoon boat!" if I wanted to stay on his good side! 56kz2slow wrote: I guess according to wikipedia, the term pontoon is acceptable in this context.
Quote: Pontoons may support a platform, creating a raft. A raft supporting a house-like structure is a houseboat. A fixed platform can be used as a dock. Common boat designs are a catamaran with two pontoons, or a trimaran with three. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontoon_(boat) |
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| Author: | Busch-It [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
I wonder what Mr. Altar would've called them, does a surfboard look anything like a pontoon? |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
Hobie (both the company and the man) have always called them "hulls." |
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| Author: | ASDASC [ Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
Wow, did that EVER get off topic! So Mr Meechman, yours are soft, eh? As mentioned previously, soft spots really weaken them, so be sure to fix them per the directions before you go wave jumping with them! The links highlighted by mmiller and eaberg should be very helpful. |
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| Author: | Roy [ Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The top of my pontoon's on my Hobie 16 are very soft. |
The guy who said " I thought they were made of aluminum" got me thinking. I wonder if they would be lighter or heavier than the glass hulls? I helped a guy build a homebuilt airplane and working with the aluminum is not all that hard. Might be an interesting project for an experienced airplane fabricator. |
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