Can anybody help me identify this catamaran?
I am a Boy Scout leader located in Yuma, AZ. (Venture Team #8007,). I am also a sailor and have a Catalina 22. We recently had a catamaran donated to the troop and I was told it was a Hobie Cat 16. It had a bad, (two piece), trampoline, so I went on ebay and located a one pc tramp and bought it. I thought it would be a replacement for the 2pc, but as it turned out, it was too big and was very different. I have many pictures of the boat and hopefully, someone and tell me exactly what make this boat is. Note, there are no ID numbers on the transom or any other place on the boat's hulls. I found a hull shape cut-away online and its hull matched closest to the Hobie 16, however, the actual length of the hull is 178 inches, or 14 feet, 10 inches. The beam is 93 inches, or 7 feet, 9 inches. I did not include the rudder in the measurement. Any ideas as to what it is? Here's a link to view the pictures of the boat.

http://picasaweb.google.com/deon.osborn/YumaYMAndScoutStuff?authkey=Gv1sRgCJbpu6CQ8pKcmgE#

Thanks!

Deon

send me some of the pictures to

banzilla1 at yahoo dot com

Looks like a Venture Cat to me, I think they call it a 15'. The owner's manual is on-line @ http://www.minresco.com/v15/manual.htm
Hope that helps you.

Looks like a Venture Cat, but not quite.

This is a Venture Cat 15:

They made two models... one straight hull and one "bannana".

I think he has the "Bannana" Venture 15.

That "Banana" looks more like Grandma's rocking chair. The proof is in the sailing, but that thing looks like pitch pole hell.

Boats don't pitchpole, sailors do.

still looks like a rocking chair though!