| I have to many cats #87304 10/27/06 01:09 PM 10/27/06 01:09 PM |
Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 902 Norman,OK gree2056 OP
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | I know that title makes no sense but considering I am a college student and don't have anywhere huge to store them I do have to many.
My primary boat is a Hobie 14T that I have added a small Laser spin to. I know that most of you guys looks down on the 14 because it wasn't that fast but considering I am carrying something close to 250sqft I think it will move pretty well. I know that 1-up I can out run alot of the bigger cats around.
My other boats are mostly junk. I bought them from a guy who had got them with his house. He had four boats sitting out back and I bought them all for $200.
One is an old aquacat, it is a slow peice of junk, but it has all the parts and I think my brother wants it. The boat that I was interested in was another 14, the hulls are mush but all the hardware is good for spare parts. Another one of them was an ancient pridle 16, I used the sails from my 14 one one time to take it out. I didn't like it compared to my 14, plus my dad wants it to make a floating duck blind. The 4th boat is an aluminium cat called a sizzler. It also came with everything including sails that are decent. The only problem with it is the foam in the hulls in waterlogged and it weighs close to 400lbs.
Well, there you have it, the list of my current cats. Can anyone think of a good way to remove the foam from the sizzler. I think it would be a fun cat if it didn't weigh so much.
Once you go cat you never go back!
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#87305 10/27/06 04:16 PM 10/27/06 04:16 PM |
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 829 Charleston, SC NCSUtrey
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | Ha, and you think you have problems...you should see my boat lot. Can I get a witness Tad?
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#87306 10/27/06 06:07 PM 10/27/06 06:07 PM |
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Posts: 805 Gainesville, FL 32607 USA | OOoop. Now, don't feel bad- I have at least 2 of those same elements in my back yard too.
Dacarls: A-class USA 196, USA 21, H18, H16 "Nothing that's any good works by itself. You got to make the damn thing work"- Thomas Edison
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#87308 10/27/06 08:44 PM 10/27/06 08:44 PM |
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 105 Bloomington, IN jbecker
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Posts: 105 Bloomington, IN | Mice. I've seen mice eaten styrofoam insulation in a garage. Maybe poke the foam with some peanut butter on the end of stick to get them started. Oh, but mice might be afraid of a cat...
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#87309 10/27/06 11:13 PM 10/27/06 11:13 PM |
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 829 Charleston, SC NCSUtrey
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | Currently at Trey's lot: 4 hobie 14's 1 Nacra 20 1 Hobie 16 1 Hobie 18sx 1 Vanguard 420 1 Mx-ray 1 Catalina Capri 14.2
That's all I can remember at the moment...
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#87310 10/28/06 12:24 PM 10/28/06 12:24 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 1,459 Annapolis,MD Keith
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Posts: 1,459 Annapolis,MD | I for one, don't look down on 14's. Great boat. Hobie US should still be making them IMO.
Also, the people you need to look out for are the ones that DON'T have too many boats! Of coursre, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...
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#87312 10/28/06 02:36 PM 10/28/06 02:36 PM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | Glad to hear that not everyone looks down on the H14. At the places I sail around OKC I get alot of bad looks. The worst ones are when I pass bigger boats.
I guess I don't have many cats compared to other people out there. And just so everyone know I just gave the aquacat to my little brother. He is 16 and has been so jealous of me having my 14. I told him to start with the aquacat and then if he likes it buy a 14 or something else. Looks like I may be putting on the wetsuit and heading out tomorrow to teach him to sail.
Once you go cat you never go back!
Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
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#87313 10/28/06 04:45 PM 10/28/06 04:45 PM | Anonymous
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Damm!! You must have a big back yard or a high storage fee like me? ($250) to keep three boats inside.
Hobie 17 Mystere 4.3 Sunfish
Next will be some kind of Corsair And some kind of A cat
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#87316 10/31/06 01:11 PM 10/31/06 01:11 PM |
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Posts: 807 Hillsborough, NC USA | Trey, wouldn't you like an Isotope too? I know where there's one for sale, lol. Regards, Eric Currently at Trey's lot: 4 hobie 14's 1 Nacra 20 1 Hobie 16 1 Hobie 18sx 1 Vanguard 420 1 Mx-ray 1 Catalina Capri 14.2 | | | Re: I have to many cats
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#87318 11/02/06 12:52 PM 11/02/06 12:52 PM |
Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 12,310 South Carolina Jake
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | It would work if you could get access to the inside of the boat. You could possibly chemically melt it out - but what a mess and potential hazard that would be!
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#87319 11/02/06 01:08 PM 11/02/06 01:08 PM |
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Posts: 902 Norman,OK | Thank you for the wonderful advice. But I have good news the foam has been removed! I thought of the same idea that avalondarlyn did. I had to cut an access port in each hull, but that was no big deal, then I took a sandblaster at a low pressure and just started eating the foam away. It took about 6 hours but all the foam is out. After the sand blaster I used a high pressure water washer to get what was left and to clean it all up.
Now the boat is very light, compared to what it was before, but still heavier than my 14T. I have already taken it out once. I put on my wet suit and braved the cold. I was impressed by the boat but it just didn't feel quite right. Granted I took my little brother that bought the aquacat with me so maybe the boat isn't made for 2-up, but it was kinda slow and hard to get a hull up on. The good part is my brother liked it alot more than the aquacat. So it looks like he will be selling the aquacat and now he wants to buy the sizzler off me.
These boats move fast, on the water and from owner to owner!
Once you go cat you never go back!
Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
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#87322 11/06/06 10:38 AM 11/06/06 10:38 AM |
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Posts: 39 Richmond Virginia | Where do you sail around OKC? We are at Hobie Point at the south end of the lake (What there is of it), and I don't recall a H 14 flying a chute and I sure the [censored] don't recall one ever passing my NACRA 5.8na with the square top mylar main and 110% mylar jib. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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#87323 11/06/06 11:47 AM 11/06/06 11:47 AM |
Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 829 Charleston, SC NCSUtrey
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Posts: 829 Charleston, SC | 2 hobie 14's met their fates yesterday at Trey's boat lot, 1 14 was sold to a guy in Jacksonville, FL. So knock 3 boats from my list...but I am picking up a sunfish today...oh joy!
You all should highly anticipate my post tonight on "Anger Management."
Trey
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