Hobbie cat storage

I will eventually be getting a hobbie cat. I have concerns over size when parking it in my yard.
-Can the R. and L. pontoons be taken apart after you get home for narrower storage or do both sides have to remain connected all of the time?
-How wide a trailer do you need for this boat?
-Can the mast be removed easily?

Thanks,
Mike

well, im not sure if the hulls can be taken apart from eachother, but the mast can come off in the matter of 2 minutes.

Its not practical to dismantle any of the Hobie cats for temporary storage. Yes the mast can very easily be removed as it must be for trailering the boat. Sorry I don't remember the overall width of the boat but it is fairly wide. If memory serves me about 90" or so.

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the beam (width at its widest point) for an H16 is 7' 11", but is narrows in at the bottom of the Hulls

You have to remove the mast when trailering and pulling around, its dangerous not to

Good Luck!!

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Chris

1980 H16
Emerald Blue Sails

For full disassembly, the Hobie Wave is going to be your best bet. They are designed to be completely taken apart for storage & transport. The hulls, crossbars, and tramp all slide apart easlily.

If you want to stick with one of the larger, fiberglass boats, I would think Hobie 17. It's still going to be some work, but it's probably the easiest of the fiberglass boats to disassemble. You would need to loosen the tramp, undo the rear lacings, and slide it out of the side tracks. Then just unbolt the four crossbar bolts and pull the crossbars out. You'd be looking at about 1/2 hour to disassemble the hulls and probably one hour to re-assemble.

Hobie 16s often require a mallet and a lot of persuasion to assemble and disassemble. Not something most people would be willing to do every time.


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