C´mon guys show off those nice boats!

some new photos taken this weekend

Scarecrow,

Very nice photos!

eat-sleep-sail What else is there?

Maybe just the picture, but looks like the mast is bending off quite severely under spinnaker?

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Yes it is. My only excuse is that it was the first time we'd put that kite up and I was spending too much time looking at what my crew was doing and not enough keeping my own shop in order. Mainsheet should have been on much firmer .

"Eat-Sleep-Sail" is the tag line for our new sponsor www.crew.org.nz. Its an online sailing news site and forum with a kiwi focus.

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Just last week at the lake, I was telling my kids, "Sailing make me hungry, eating makes me tired and sleeping make me want to sail."

Another fav line that I use for dogs and little baby anythings could be modified from eating, sleeping sh!t machines to eating, sleeping, sailing machines[hijack-off]

My best friend Mikel's Hobie-16 yesterday at our local lake, we have been sailing it together for three/four years, "Besitos". I did not want to go upside down yesterday so I sat on the Beach and shot these. Sure enough the marina boss who is a long time racer took over my spot and they flipped it over twice, tore up the jib , almost lost the boat as it took off on them after flipping back over, got bumped, bruised and scratched and had a cracking good time. The Hobie wave belongs to Dave..a client of mine who was taking his son out for the first time..Hi Dave
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Thanks for all the forum info and encouragement to get my new/used Hobie 16 back on the water!

I found her sitting on a trailer in my neighborhood and bought her for only $300. Despite the missing sails, no rudders, stained tramp, broken jib block and rusty, undersized trailer tires, I got a great deal!

I've been sailing since I was 10 on San Francisco Bay and grew up on the Gulf Coast flying hull on a Hobie 16 since 1974.

Needless to say, after a "dry spell" of being land-locked in Atlanta since 1992 - I just had to go sailing!

Thanks again to the forum and to all you newbies - YOU CAN DO IT!

Holy Hobie,
Christopher Dreyer
'82 H16 "Holy Hobie"


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My H14T 79' repaired for the first time on the water of Greece after 8 years !I am 23 years old and it is my first boat ,so I am very proud of it!I only need a new jib cause this had an accident as it seems!
It might be a small cat ,but makes me feel great everytime we are together!

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Martin:

Go to the 14/14 Turbo section and post. Dan Burger usaully has a lot of parts, maybe he or Bob Curry can help?

Doug

Thank you I will do so!

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hobiecat 14Turbo - TORNADO

My back yard with a few of the toys!

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Brad Stephens
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Brad:

We are going to move to Fort Walton / Pensacola area when we get out of school in March. Two families together. Me and daughers family. Hope we can find a backyard like yours. Must be nice to be able to just go, raise the sails and GO!!!!!

You are VERY LUCKY!!!!!

Doug

Can I come visit? Unfortunately, I have to have my cat off the dock by the 15th of this month...

we usually put the kayaks in the power boat, we have a island about 5 miles just to the right of that point in the back ground, anchor out just past the surf and kayak around and drop in on a few waves! the new mirage revolution surfs great! if anyone is ever in town let me know, I'm usually at the shop, and we will go play. we have a sign for the shop door that says "sorry we missed you, we are product testing today!"

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"product testing"... thats awesome!

My friend, Brett did this mural, his friend George took the picture. Nice "end of the day" wine-country feel to it.
http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=5118

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