Sea snark(Styrofoam)
Sea SnarkII (Plastic coated styrofoam)
Scat II (Sunfish knock-off)*
Prindle 16*
Cougar MkIII
Prindle 19
Laser*
Phantom (Traded+cash for Trailer Tri)
Nacra 18 square
Nacra/Inter 20*
Mystere 4.3
Orange Hobie 16 (Gave away to my Tybee ground crew for a job well done)
Boyer Mk IV A class
Farrier Trailer Tri 720 Trimaran*
Flying Rat A class*
Mike Worrell's Hobie 16*
Various windsurf and kiteboard gear and a couple of power boats*
I still have all the ones with the asteriks. That's too many boats.
I'm just glad that no one mentioned the ARC21.... Oh, crap...
I traded one of those for the first styrofoam Sea Snark. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />
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 <img src="<>/frown.gif" alt="frown" title="frown" height="15" width="15" />
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
I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. ![[Linked Image]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Heart-beat.gif)
Hobie 16's
-1979
-1981
-1984 (destroyed in a T-storm)
-1985
-1988
-1991
-1994
-1999
-2002
-2006
-2010
Hobie 17
-1988
-1991 Heavier than average white boat
Hobie 18
-1982
Hobie Tiger
-2001
-2004
Inter 20
-2000
1986 C&C 35 Mk III Sold
2003 Corsair 31 Still have
Of course, this does not include my wife's boats, which would number in the teens also <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />
I think Tom wins. Dealers have had fewer boats pass through their hands.
You can't handle a Snark......
Venture 15 (sad copy of an H16)
generic whitewater kayak *
canoe
a different canoe
yet another canoe
14' rowboat my grandfather built
long string of windsurf boards and gear
H16
H16
H16
H16
H16(I was getting 'em for free or near free).
Reynolds 21
TheMightyHobie18 Magnum
Supercat 20
Flight Risk *
Bimare F18HT *
Boyer MK III A cat
Fed 5 landsailer *
F16 Stealth *
Class 3 landsailer *
ARC 22 *
Randy Reynold's 18 square(yet to be delivered)
Oh boy, do I have a great wife!
pales in comparison to some of these lists, but:
wooden/waterlogged sunfish (family boat)
Alpha Romeo windsurfer (total What.T.F. were they thinking. WOODEN BOOMS!)
Boatload (literaly over a dozen) windsurfers of various sizes
Butterfly
C-scow (family boat) with badly leaking scuppers
buccaneer (barf)
Flying scott (double barf)
Hobie 17
ish
. Not sure what the prior owner did to it, but was too young to care
Contest 30 (3 ksb)
C&C 36 (4 ksb but it does have a nice head)
I20/N20 (double yey!)
Hobie 16's
-1979
-1981
-1984 (destroyed in a T-storm)
-1985
-1988
-1991
-1994
-1999
-2002
-2006
-2010
Hobie 17
-1988
-1991 Heavier than average white boat
Hobie 18
-1982
Hobie Tiger
-2001
-2004
Inter 20
-2000
1986 C&C 35 Mk III Sold
2003 Corsair 31 Still have
Of course, this does not include my wife's boats, which would number in the teens also <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />
I think Tom wins. Dealers have had fewer boats pass through their hands.
I don't know. Trey hasn't put his entry in yet.
YOU BAS-TARD~!!
h16
TheMightyHobie18
mystere 5.5
Coming soon: i am stealing everything form inside and outside Parkers house...the house will be for sale as well. bidding starts at $0.02
P18
P18-2
H16 beach boat in cocoa beach
N6.0 na + I20 spin, homebrew sniffer
Now. It's a jayco 1207 pop up camper
Currently crewing and in the market
I for got to add: 2 windsurfers and a set of sails/booms/etc. also.
1981 TheMightyHobie18 (favorite boat)
1993 H20
198? H16
1984 S27 Stiletto*
1986 N5.2*
*Current stock
Almost 30 years of cat sailing... its a good life!
Of course I'd love to get my hands on a new(ish) 18'.
Clayton
I have 73 boats in the landfill. I've owned (briefly in most cases):
Hobie Wave (4)
Hobie 14 (25-30?)
Hobie 16 (40-50?)
Hobie 17 (5)
Hobie 18 (10?)
Prindle 16 (10?)
Prindle 18 (5)
Prindle 18-2 (1)
Prindle 19 (3)
Supercat 15 (1)
Supercat 17 (4)
Supercat 19 (1)
Supercat 20 (1)
Supercat 20 TR (1)
Nacra 5.0 (4)
Nacra 5.2 (8?)
Nacra 5.8 (1)
Nacra 5.7 (1)
Nacra 570 (1)
SolCat 18 (3)
Aquacat 14 (1)
Trac 14 (1)
Windrider Rave (1)
A cat (2.5)
All Hail Dan the King!!
Now wait a minute. Looks like he has done more to reduce the number of cats/boats out there. Looks like a sinister plan to me... hmmmmm <img src="<>/smirk.gif" alt="smirk" title="smirk" height="15" width="15" />
Buy a boat, cut it up, toss it out, repeat... I'm not sure Dan's the Man! Dig up his back yard! Call the CAT Police! He is up to no good ya hear me!
Next thing you know he'll say they were no good anymore. I think we need an outreach program for Dan and his wayward cats!
Somebody handle this, I'm busy at the momment <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />
C
Dan, I think Clayton figured you out.
Dan is the Cat Reaper.
2 H-18
1 F-18
Albin Vega 27'
Hobie 17
Mystere 5.0
Mystere 5.0XL
Dart 18
25' Hunter Monoslug
Mystere 6.0
How did you like the Albin Vega?
OK, Ok, MAYBE I have reduced some of the numbers of cats out there, but they gave their lives so others can live!
Whenever I cut up a Hobie or Prindle, I kept about 8 inches of the bows. We made really cool trophies out of those for one of our races.
I have donated probably 15 boats and a TON of parts to various sailing camps and the Boy Scouts.
Probably 20 sets of hulls have gone on to be lake pontoon boats or some kind of Franken-trimaran project.
I have recycled 3600 pounds of broken masts, beams and steering systems.
Whenever I cut up a Hobie or Prindle, I kept about 8 inches of the bows. We made really cool trophies out of those for one of our races.
I have donated probably 15 boats and a TON of parts to various sailing camps and the Boy Scouts.
Probably 20 sets of hulls have gone on to be lake pontoon boats or some kind of Franken-trimaran project.
I have recycled 3600 pounds of broken masts, beams and steering systems.
Just curious, how/why do you have all this stuff?
Cat sailing was HUGE areound here 20 years ago, then people just let them sit and rot in their back yards or on the beach. I started collecting broken boats and parting them out to support my sailing habit.
It has also allowed me to try out a lot of different boats. Now, I'm down to my SC15 and my A cat. I have a 14 Turbo that I'm selling and a Nacra 5.2 project that I'm refurbing for someone.
It really is a hobby to me because I enjoy breaking down and putting together boats. I am an IT person, so I don't produce anything physical. When I work on boats, though, I get the satisfaction of an end physical product.
The Albin is an amazing, well-designed full-keel blue water boat. You can take it out in nearly any condition and survive.
Drawbacks: Max speed of 6 knots, but only when the wind speed is 30+
Came equipped with a Volvo 2 cylinder gas engine with side-draft carb and variable pitch prop. When the boat healed to starboard the float would get stuck, dumping gas into the bilge. Every time I fired the engine it was fingers crossed the fucker wouldn’t explode.
The Albin is an amazing, well-designed full-keel blue water boat. You can take it out in nearly any condition and survive.
Drawbacks: Max speed of 6 knots, but only when the wind speed is 30+
Came equipped with a Volvo 2 cylinder gas engine with side-draft carb and variable pitch prop. When the boat healed to starboard the float would get stuck, dumping gas into the bilge. Every time I fired the engine it was fingers crossed the fucker wouldn’t explode.
I see a pattern here with your mono's
It has also allowed me to try out a lot of different boats. Now, I'm down to my SC15 and my A cat. I have a 14 Turbo that I'm selling and a Nacra 5.2 project that I'm refurbing for someone.
It really is a hobby to me because I enjoy breaking down and putting together boats. I am an IT person, so I don't produce anything physical. When I work on boats, though, I get the satisfaction of an end physical product.
Very nice Dan. I was just curious- Keep it up!
Early 60's Cape Cod Bullseye (Dad's boat brought back to life by brother and me)
Glen-L Buckboard (Sailfish knock off, self built) *
Northstar 500 (Dad's boat, ended up in my care)
'76 Hobie-14
'77 Hobie-18 magnum
'94 Hobie-20
'?? Hobie-14
'99 Nacra-6.0na *
'00 Nacra-20 *
'91 Corsair F-27 *
'00 Wilderness Systems Pungo Kayak (2, one is the wife's) *
* current inventory