Lets see the cats!!!!

Lets see what everyone is sailing....

here is my hooopty 1980 hobie 16





Bring out the cats!!!!!!!!!!

You're on. My A2.

Here is my 5.2

Various and sundry. My F16 is in the middle, somewhere.

Looks like the Enterprise is just beaming you down to the planets surface.

The boat pictured is my old 1959er. I only sailed her for 5 years and I delivered her back to the family of the old fella who made her a couple of years ago as they were desperate to get her back.
The photo shows her waiting on anchor down from the house for me to go out for the day.
I get a lot of fun out of my newer plastic and kevlar and carbon playthings but I don't know if I will remember them as fondly.

Homebuild Timber-Epoxy Formula 16



Wouter

Here is my 83 nacra 5.2






airborne

My ARC 21. "Breakin' Wind"

OK, my 18SX getting ready to sail
http://tinyurl.com/2hwdac

Sailing on lake ontario.

Key Largo in January. Does it get any better?

MY 06'HC16. Who doesn't love flying a hull?

And my 83' HC-14, oops.

Our F16..

Here is one of them... I'm 2nd from right!

Here's my Tequila Sunrise H-16 the first time out (for me).

My A2

2 of my daughters and our 80 something H16, Storrie Lake NM,

The 1998 H-16 (just traded in for an '07, but they look almost identical):

(Onne van der Waal photo)

The 1985 H-14:

(Stuart Crabbe photo)

The 2002 Tiger:

(Stuart Crabbe photo)

My 1980 Hobie 14.

In the Keys.

Dart 18, Dunedin Causeway, FL

Cat #1 - 1999 Nacra 6.0, here heading out to the start of the Icebreaker Race a few years back



Cat #2 (somebody once said that the term cats included tris in some areas...) - 1991 Corsair F-27, docked in Ego Alley Annapolis during a lunch run



Cat #3 (don't own, but do drive) - 2000 N-20, coming into Jupiter Beach on Tybee day 2

This is from this coming weekends regatta one year ago.



This I sail every Friday evening.



Dan

Here I am with Keith's crew in the statue race this year.

You guys are killer! I can't wait to get my boat in some serious wind!! sailing Cats beats the hell out of my old sunfish...

Our new N20 on its first long distance race to Achziv, near the Lebanese border

Our old Hobie Tiger




It just seems to love pulling wheelies!

Flight Risk (24' x 14') on Flathead Lake, MT. Also SC 20 on Couer d'Alene Lake in N. ID, and a mobile A cat.

Dave

Capricorn...... and its for sale too. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Just cleaned up the skiffs at the last Brass Monkey, nearly lapping the 18 skiff in the first 2 races on the fresh day.

Excellent.

Why selling, what are you getting next ?

All in the air at the moment mate..... Got a couple of wind surfers at the moment. Need a little break for a bit.

Maybe later, something I can enjoy with my Girlfriend <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I would like to know chord lenght and max thickness of the daggerboard fitted on yr Capricorn F18.
Do you know if the foil is a NACA 00 or the DAG section made famous by Martin Fisher?

MY Mosquito

My first cat - Dart 18 4520 Adagio. Sailng in Winter at Mumbles, South Wales, UK.

My 1982 Prindle 18.2, "Special Treat".





I'll even try and dirt-sail when the water level is down so low! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Ok I have a rookie question... How do the non hobies IE: the formulas and the nascas compare to the hobies? and did every one start wiht a hobie and change or did I make a bad choice going to a hobie???

Sorry big newb!!

You're a cat' sailor now! No bad choice made there. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

So there is some fighting eh.... between the brands..

I wouldn't call it "fighting" - more like "friendly competition".

Yeah, that's it - friendly competition

Kind of a Ford/Chevy/Dodge truck kinda thing.

Ok if thats the case what is what... would hobie=chevy?

I'm bias to helicopter shots.

Well, now that is a loaded question also!!!

Me, I like FORDS and HOBIES That is not to say, I have never owned and like a shovie and I would not be at all apposed to owning a lagoon Cat

lol....... agreed I know its a loaded question ha ha all I have ever sailed was hobies

But I guess I had to ask the question at least to stir up some banter

Dude, Start a new post with that one. Lets just enjoy the pics. if we may.

BowtieWarrior:

It does not really matter what Formula 18 you choose. They are all competitive. The rules make for a very tight box(did I just say that out loud?)

Well....ahhh nevermind.

A Nacra 20 and a Nacra F18 (that I can't find any pictures of at the moment!).

2006 Key Largo Steeplechase:


2007 Tybee 500:

Boyer Mk 4

07 Tybee 500. Lee/www.teamchums.com

The Team Seacats F18




Much better at high resolution

Gang:

Going to sell this one to help get Blade.

Doug

Gang:

What I bought to learn Spinnaker on and prepare for Blade. Going to give to Ashleigh (current crew and grand daughter) to race with with her friends.

Doug

super cat 19 and hobie F14

heres the other one!!!!!

Nacra 14sq

Paper Tiger

Taipan F16 Class



http://taipanic.us/

Alright i will join the fun this is my bladef18 1 hour before it was written off buy hitting the bottom at high speed with the kite up

not my boat but I absolutely love the new LR2....I want one bad :-)

Anyone know the current production status of the Blade F18?

I'll bite.
Al

Al,

Love that pic!

RRRrrrrrrollin' rollin' rollin' - wondercrew Tina up front.

Here's an old one of my H 17 "Blessing"

Another on the beach at Cuttyhunk with Ray's "Hubba Hubba", and Tom Bush's "Orange Crush", and Tedd's Inter 17R

Nice "doo" there JW <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Also notice in the last pic how attentive JW is to the capabilities of his crew ... thinking "damn I wish I could do it like that"

2004 F18

yes Al. luv the T pic.

18HT leading the pack <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Closely followed by red nose reindeer / renntier

and others ...

My F14

Here are some cats.

Iknew there was something about Wouter I liked; we have similar paint jobs. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

OK...I thought I'd join in the fun. This pic is from Cat Fight VIII in Racine, WI...driving hard to weather, double wire.

Enjoy.

Hi Mark,

regards Formula Catamarans Australia Blade F18, plug is made and moulds will start soon, so it is still a while before production.

hobie 16

one

two

three

poor little laser, probably never knew what hit him <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
RIP

We were trying to cross above the Laser windward mark as a puff hit. For a few seconds there, I thought we were going to collect each and every one of those Lasers as we bore away over 90 degrees.

Here is the actual, in the shower discussion:
Laser guy: Was that you on the spin cat?
Me: Ah . . . yeah?
Laser guy: I thought I was done for.
Me (spoken in me best drunkin British accent): Sorry 'bout that, couldn't get that rudder to bight on top of the water for some reason.
Laser guy: How did you turn the boat?
Me (spoken in me best drunkin British accent): donno, good spin trim and eas'ng the main traveler, probably just lucky though
Laser guy: No [censored]?
Me: ya. No [censored]!

Well, good to hear that everyone was good natured about it.

Guys This thread is awesome!! Everybody has bad butt boats! all the pics I kinda want a F18... lol

Stealth F16 doing what it does best.

Hi all,

something that might help the Bowtie Warrior with his problem. Remember the words of Yoda, "open your mind Luke". <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

If you want the "how to disable an Opti" manual, please contact Ryan R and his N6.0 of death.

That'll teach him to tack on to port in front of a multi on a powered up reach.

The good news is that there were no injuries or significant damage. I think that kid ended up wanting his dad to buy a multihull after that T-boning he got in Sarasota.

Hitting the beach Hobie style.

My new toy on the water.

My new Scheurer G5 at the Swiss Nationals in gusty conditions last week

and a less hectic moment

Daniel,

How do you like the G5? Also is that a Zuccoli main on the boat?

Hello Tom

My first sail on the boat was about 30 min. before the start of the first race of the nationals and it was love at first touch. The last Scheurer was very pleasant to sail and the new one is a very definite step up. I weigh 90 kg and had absolutely no trouble keeping the nose out the water even in the big gusts. It has alot of bouyancy down at the waterline and tapers in towards the deck (in the bow area) I did a deliberate nose dive to the front beam and it popped out easily as soon as the rig was depowered. That sail is a Landenberger prototype on a hard Saarberg mast.
A few home videos are here. www.aperturecafe.com/acat

Regards from Zurich

Daniel

i finally got a piture of my boat wiht the sail up! I call it "sailing suburbia"!

Looks good, now lets get that thing on the water!

A somewhat calm race day.

Here's mine.... its mostly a 1980 with 1990 hulls now.

(well I got the photo attached... BUT how do you insert into the forum ?.....)


Todd Hubbell
Thibodaux, Louisiana

Just a couple of nice helicopter shots of my boat.





Dan

1978 Solcat 18. Have had a ball on it over this long hot breazy summer.

Another

Here's the '77 Nacra

The high-speed lounge chair in action

Is that a Miracle with wings?

I wondered myself, just didn't want to ask.

Crashing and burning. LOL

Heres my baby

hows this to end my season cuz its freaking cold by me!!

My son our '90 H21

Im in.
Here's one of my son and his friend.
What would you have given to have started at 13?

One more

a mate on my boat doing it justice

try again, a mate on my boat doing it justice

WOW.... I finaly figureout how to post the photo... !!!!!!

Sorry bout the photo size....

Thanks PTP
Hubbell

Son Tom at the 1990 H-17 Nationals, The Gorge. You had to be there to believe the conditions.

Caleb Tarleton 6446
Tom Tarleton 144

My A-Cat in Singapore

Another one.

Yep, H20 Miracle with H18M wings. Fairly simple mod; works great. 20 doesn't hold up as well as the 18 to lots of hull-on-sand beach landings and walking on the decks, but it ain't exactly fragile either, and it still hauls the mail (and five adults).

here's another

Here's my Inter17.

heres my 18 at the Outback Cup this past weekend

Hey, how is the upgraded TheMightyHobie18 doing compared to the F-18s and F-16s? It's been a while since we got a report on your project, so it would be fun to hear how it's going.

Boy does that sail look familiar. Looks good WindyHill.

I am not a lake sailor and the light shifty winds I seem to always encounter at races is difficult for me. The boat goes to weather well. I still need to work on mast prebend as the main tends to be disturbed low and windward, ie lower windward tell-tell will not fly back. I recently broke my endpole system and switched to a midpole. I purchased another used spin but it is only 19m and too full to run hot, does have 3 patches however. My other chute has 2 patches and I haven't checked yet to see if it will snuff without a third patch. The jib system works great, very pleased with that addition. It would be great to attend an event with 10-15kts wind and really test it out but that hasn't occured yet. In the ocean against other 18's it is superior, upwind in light stuff against 18's it is slightly faster. The lift F18's experience from the daggers is very noticable and my boat doesn't lift in that manner. I need to get serious about tuning the boat but I have too many other interests currently. I left the race a day early this weekend to compete in a mt. bike race, too many hobbies and too little time. I would say overall I'm very pleased with the boat!!

[img]http://www.fleet295.com/regatta/rohr07/gallery/BKA_6471_jpg.htm[/img]

Do you mean this? -

Yup - Thanks!

my 25 year old, all original, 17 foot, nacra 5.2 doing it's thang! eric e hehe

I know it's nothing extraordinary, just a stock Wave, but I've sure had fun with it this summer. Because it's so simple to rig and go, I've spent more time on the water this year than anyone else in the sailing club, and more than I did in the 10 years of (previous) Interlake ownership combined. And my wife likes it better because she can be a passenger rather than a crew!

Bill

Hey Bill -

Good looking boat. How does that jib work out for you? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

From what I've read, it probably works better than a Hobie factory jib! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It's a fine tell-tale, but an even better attention getter. This is heavily Indiana University territory, so a burgee from the arch-rival Purdue University is what people notice more than the boat.

Just got this pic the other day.

Light wind crew practicing on the wire.
Al

Hi Al-
Just curious which Alberta lake is that picture taken?

Fred

Hi Fred, it's Lake Wabamun. In the news again this week; we were lucky to be at the West end of the lake, and were less affected by the oil.
Al

A few of my Sol Cats...

What's the beam on the 18? Looks a little skinny.

Awesome sails/themes!

I am pretty sure the Sol cat has an 8 foot beam.

Wow! I didn't know there were so many different kinds of boats! Eye opening! A lot of them look very similar, even to a trained eye.

I say we all sell and buy F-18s! What would that look like? 40-50 boats on the line at local regattas. 200-400 at North Americans. I wonder what kind of start line they would need for just 200 F-18s? The other end of the line would probably be over the horizon!!

Attached heli shot of H-16 at RI NAs. This sail plan and the Tequila Sunrise are my 2 all-time favorites.

That is one super tight tramp on that 16.