| Cartop Cat? #109325 06/09/07 06:12 PM 06/09/07 06:12 PM |
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Posts: 431 Netherlands | Hi, anyone know of a decent car-top cat to build or buy? I know Woods designs sells a "Pixie" and Wharram has "Hitia 14 plans. Someone selling a Hobie 13 claimed it would be suitable (though the low buoyancy floats don't look too appetizing to a 200lbs adult like me). There seem to be plenty of them around where I live too, so that would be nice, if it is truly car-toppable (without having to take the ol' grinder along). I'm mainly looking to single hand, and take the kids out when its calm. It also needs to be low budget, so a second hand boat would probably be the preferred solution. I posted a question along these lines before but the plans have changed. http://www.catsailor.com/forums/sho...;amp;page=0&fpart=4&vc=1Any advice? Thanks, Dennis | | | Re: Cartop Cat?
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#109326 06/10/07 07:06 AM 06/10/07 07:06 AM |
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | Someone selling a Hobie 13 claimed it would be suitable (though the low buoyancy floats don't look too appetizing to a 200lbs adult like me). Where do you live? And what is a Hobie 13? If you are talking about the Hobie Wave, which is 13 feet long, that has extremely high buoyancy in the hulls. Maybe there is another boat in Europe or elsewhere that you are talking about?
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#109336 06/11/07 08:54 PM 06/11/07 08:54 PM |
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Posts: 2,921 Michigan | Is it only me or does this sprint 15 have an insanely small jib and questionable mast rake? you mean that the rake looks forward in your attachment? I think that little pic is skewed- the boat is more stern down in the water than that making the mast straight up or a little aft rake. yes, jib small | | | Re: Cartop Cat?
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#109340 06/12/07 05:09 AM 06/12/07 05:09 AM |
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Posts: 3,528 Looking for a Job, I got credi... | That pic is a little skewed. They are great little boats. Wife owned one a while back and they are very simple. Yes the jib is small, but a fair number sail them in "sport" mode which is single handed with main and Jib and trapeze. They are good boats. Simple and a good giggle, Don't have the performance in the light stuff, but a good scream when windy.
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#109343 06/13/07 03:32 AM 06/13/07 03:32 AM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe Wouter
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Posts: 9,582 North-West Europe | Someone recommended an A-cat via PM. I like that idea but could only afford one if I built it myself. Even then it would be stretch (in many ways probably).
I had a good laught out of this one ! That 9.15 mtr mast is not cartoppable by a loooooong stretch. Sure the boat is light enough to be placed on top of a car but the police will have a ball with that mast sticking out 3 meters on either side. Not too mention you'll be hooking every lamppost in corners of the road or picking off cyclist and truck drivers. You will be sweaping the road with that mast on top of your car ! Additionally the platform (nearly always glued together and therefor can't be disassembled) is still 5.49 mtr long and 2.3 mtr wide. That is quite a large object on top of your car ! I think the other criteriums you stated were "... take the kids out when its calm. It also needs to be low budget ..." Humm ! Being in the Netherlands myself I can tell you the Police has gotten really strict with enforcing the rules in the last couple of years. Even with a trailer for your boat there is a high risk of getting a ticket these days. Quite a few buddies of mine have gotten one when trailering to and from an event. I wouldn't risk carrying something like an A-cat on my roof with the way things stand now. Wouter
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#109344 06/13/07 04:01 AM 06/13/07 04:01 AM |
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Being in the Netherlands myself I can tell you the Police has gotten really strict with enforcing the rules in the last couple of years. Even with a trailer for your boat there is a high risk of getting a ticket these days. Quite a few buddies of mine have gotten one when trailering to and from an event. I wouldn't risk carrying something like an A-cat on my roof with the way things stand now.
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What were the tickets for? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" /> Is this something we should be wary of when travelling to the GC in August?
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