bought a new '81 Hobie 16 & sold it in 95-ish (hadn't raced since ~'85)
2000 Vanguard Vector (had to try the hp dinghy thing)

then...in rough order from 2005
82 TheMightyHobie18 raced/sold
81 H16 raced/sold
95 H20 sold
93 H20 raced/sold
84 H16 (the >20 knots day boat)
85 P15 raced/sold frown
83 H14 raced/sold
84 H16 raced (for sale)
05 H16 current racer
84 H14 current racer
85 TheMightyHobie18 current racer
81 TheMightyHobie18 (for sale)

Also since 2005, have owned no less than a dozen H16's and half dozen other H14's that I never sailed, or only once or twice with the new owner.

Currently I have at the house,
a '97 Hobie 17 (fixing up for son Paul),
the 84 & 05 Hobie 16's,
81 & 85 Hobie 18's
...and at the mast up lot
the 84 Hobie 14 & Hobie 16.

"Hi...my name is John...and I'm addicted to catamarans"


John H16, H14