Just bought a new wave. Had a couple of house-keeping questions; hoping for some good suggestions from other owners or Hobie employees.

1) What is recommended for use to "touch up" the mast if it gets scratched? I have seen some older Wave masts that have some good gouges down to bare metal and wonder if they should be touch up if that happens to mine down the road? If so, what should I use?

2) For those of you who trailer your wave -- a) do you use a winch or, if not, do you wish you had a winch? b) What do you do with your mast while trailering? (no mast stand, a fore mast stand, fore and aft, etc.?? and c) what size tires/wheels are on your trailer?

3) Anyone sailing around Atlanta (Lanier or Allatoona) and, if so, can you suggest good places to trailer launch a Hobie?

More questions certainly to follow, but thanks for your advice

1) Black marker / felt pen. A Sharpie.

2) 8" tires are plenty big for the Wave. 12" are used for heavier loads and long / fast highway speeds.

I suggest a mast stand, but it is simple to disconnect the two mast pieces and tie down.

No winch is needed. The boat is light, slick and slides onto the trailer easily.

Matt-

Thanks for the info.

A black marker/Sharpie is good advice for touching up the mast. However, what about for deeper gouges? If a gouge goes down to bare metal, I wonder if some sort of touch up paint is required to prevent rusting?

I will transport my Wave on a trailer on the interstate. Most trips will be under 60 miles each way. However, once or twice a year, I will be taking it over 200 miles each way on the interstate. I wonder if 12" tires would be more conducive to that kind of use?

We do a lot of traveling with our Waves as do many sailors going to such events as North Americans, Nationals, East Coast, North Coast and South Coast Championships.
12" tires are better, but smaller wheels will suffice for short distances and only one boat.., we often have three boats on our trailer.

We use a flat bed type trailer (took off all the cat rollers and stuff and replaced with two 4'x8'x3/4" marine plywood and carpeted it with discarded stuff from the local carpet store.) This makes it simple to load and unload.
just roll your boat up to the trailer with the beach wheels. This allows the bow to easily overlap the back edge of the trailer. Then lift the stern and push it on, tie it down and off you go.

We stopped taking the mast apart.., too much trouble and it is already short. Just be sure to hook the halyard to the horn cleat, and tie down the other end -- this prevents the mast from accidentily coming apart while traveling.

This is a great and growing catamaran class. Be sure to join in the fun.., big race upcoming at Put-in-Bay, Ohio (North Coast Championship) where we are expecting 15+ boats on this great and fun island.
Also, Lake Eustis is pretty near to you and we will be there in October
And for sure do not miss the Nationals. Actually you would highly benefit from the Sailing Seminar going on three days before the Nationals.., really learn to make that boat walk and talk.

Be sure to see our website at www.waveclass.org

Good luck,
Rick

I have just bought a Wave. I have a Bandit trailer w a length of 13.8 ft for my old Sunfish. Can I adjust this for the Wave? How. What are the drawbacks? Otherwise, what do you recommend?

While I replied personally, here we go again.
In the upcoming issue of the magazine I wrote a story about changing trailers in to flat beds. Two 4x8x3/4 Marine Plywood would make a great trailer for any catamaran.
Rick