Ugh! Hurricane season

I hate stripping my boats and taking them off the beach. I don't know how you trailer guys put up with it. Once on....once off per season. That's enough for me!

Man I love my Bravo!

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Us trailer guys do everything we can to speed up rigging/launching the boat.

I can get the boat on the water (by myself) in about 30 minutes. Still way too long.

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1980 18 foot class A Unicorn catamaran
1977 Super Sunfish (sold)
1979 Hobie (sold)
1983 Hobie 16 Hawiian Sunset (sold)
1981 Hobie 16 Tequilla Sunrise (sold)
2008 Hobie 16 (sold)
2023 Hobie 16
Founding member of the "San Dimas Yacht Club"
John

True!



We should race sometime!

(I'm done now... promise)

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Its like flying. I hate it the once a year I do- forget every trick I used to know, but when you do it twice a month its cake.

I'm going to anchor down (not that we'll get much out of it in VT).

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H18, H17 & Various motor boats

I dunno...

As impatient as I can feel while I'm driving to the beach, I treat the rigging as a kind of "therapy" now. It's a disciplinary thing. If I don't take my time and do it right, I know it'll cost me one way or another. A little bit of OCD helps!

That doesn't mean that I don't like to streamline things. I have a pretty good order of things now and like jsloan999, I can have it in the water in about 30-40 minutes IF I'm in a hurry.Some of the tips I've picked up here and from others has made it a lot simpler, but I'm always very wary of cutting corners.

"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler". - A. Einstein.

Yeah, sometimes it can be a drag, but you can't beat regular rigging and de-rigging for reliability and knowing your boat inside and out. Maybe a little extra wear on some items, but you'll see it coming.

Just recently I discovered some stress cracks under the lip of my starboard hull. If I hadn't been looking and checking under there every time I put the boat in and out of the water, who knows when (or how!) I may have found them.

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'97 Hobie 16.

Skype: rob_arnolda

Hello, I sail out of Madison, Ct on a beach that is right on the water, now Hurricane Irene is supposed to hit us at a category 1 hurricane, should I bring my boat all the way to my house and take the boat apart or take the mast down and the tramp off around all the other boats at the beach?

Depending on what's around, you take a chance either way.

There was a post yesterday by someone who took his boat off the beach to avoid being cleaned up by palm trees etc. only to have an avocado tree land on it in his yard.

Each situation is different, I guess.

Mast down could stop it getting caught up in anything or causing too much damage, should it take a small flight. But then, mast up could help it stop tumbling if it's that bad.

I really feel for you guys and hope you all fare ok after this.

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'97 Hobie 16.

Skype: rob_arnolda

Thats the key. I'd take the tramp off to keep it from flying and mast off cause that will break the hull or mast or more if it flips.

I'm moving mine behind some cedar trees that block the wind well, but if they tip/break, its a soft blow. Not like an Oak. Also, get it away from other boats who don't tie down as well as you. They are the danger.

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H18, H17 & Various motor boats

We just pulled our boat off the beach last night. Yea, it's a little bit of a PITA, but a lot better than picking up the pieces next week. With fore and aft tiedowns, I wasn't too worried about it flipping, but with the predicted storm surge, I'm worried that it would end up being pummled by the waves. Of course, now I'm worried that it could have a tree land on it. I may take it apart and put it inside.

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I forgot to mention that flipping it may be faster than taking the tramp off- esp if you have lawn.

We also have the luxury of knowing the wind direction from these as they pass to the east, meaning east or north winds only. I can tuck it behind a ridge and see little wind.

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H18, H17 & Various motor boats

You can also fill the hulls with several gallons of water to add ballast. I'd think about 20 gallons per hull would be sufficient.

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