how do you listen to music on your cat?

somewhere between a beam & broad reach in anything above 15 knots.
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Paging Chris Titcomb 😛

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Doug

I do enjoy the sound of the water, the hum of my rigging at speed and especially the lack of engine noise.. but at times i very much enjoy hearing music too...

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Of course on a Stiletto you can have a nice party!
Otherwise the wind is the music.

Clayton

Thanks Clayton, is that water-resistnat?

We sail with a local who has 12 volt drycells in his H21 hulls for lighting (Above and below the waterline), music, his trolling motor (he launches from a ramp) and running his camping gear. They camp all the time (hence all the gear onboard) and he can BLAST tunes from his speakers. He has them on deck and on his spreaders.. He has beautiful Pink Floyd sails and is a mobile concert... it is very cool..

i PERSONALLY dont want 150 lbs of battery onboard... but it is nice to have power.

Yeah somewhat, it gets wet but it really doesn't want to! I also have a Sony similiar to the attached pic that survived a capsize on my previous Hobie. The new ones are also water resistant.

Clayton

Other than your comment about not hearing other boats, what's wrong with the earbud?

Maybe just use one of them so you can still hear the outside? If you're jamming with a radio, I don't think you'd hear the other boats, either.

I would rather hear the sounds of sailing, and it is somewhat unnerving to hear someone else's boat jamming

best of Dukes of Hazard

tunes.

I have a waterproof cooler with a built-in CD/radio. The best of both worlds! Keep the beer cold and be able to jam. I normally don't listen while sailing - just when we beach up and hang out. It's strapped to the front of the tramp under the wishbone and away from the downhaul lines.

... Or if the wind totally dies on me and I have to paddle a mile or two back to port. The music can at least make that bareable.

Hey hey hey, Team Seacats just got an orange boat called the General Lee AND I have permission to use Molly Hatchet's music for videos (they did most of the soundtrack to the recent movie - and

Flirting with Disaster

works pretty well).

A CD with some relaxing whale sounds perhaps?
http://h2oaudio.com/products.php

I've been working this one in my head for years. In between races, or if the wind dies on the course would be great times to have some tunes.
http://keepon.timex.com/icontrol/
Check out this watch. It is a wireless remote for an iPod!
If you put your iPod in a sealed box with small water proof speaker snug up against the cross bars you'd have a nice little system.

This is what i currently use.... but as mentioned.. i dont love having earphones in...

The wires get in the way... i already have a tiller, main and jib sheet in my hands (when on the wire) and dont need more stuff flapping around me... I have tried running the wires under my clothing/pfd but they kept pulling down and popping out the earplugs.

It does work and is manageable but i am looking for options and what to hear what others do.

As per hearing other boats... i can hear other cars honk when i play my car radio.. I dont like super loud music, and i am sure i have a much better chance of hearing a power boat comming towards me with a radio vs water tight earplugs playing audio.

i have had powerboats and state park water shuttle's sneak up behind me when i had no audio going.. i prefer to not have earplugs in...

OH YEA!>>> No Dukes of Haz theme songs here (sorry Merle Haggard).... more like Janes Addiction, Jimmi H, Bob Marley, etc)...

Now, add to the water and wind just a touch of
Billie Holiday or Frankie and I am in paradise!

Again, search for sonic impact p5 or check out target

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This is what i currently use.... but as mentioned.. i dont love having earphones in...

You can get an A2DP stereo bluetooth adapter for the ipod and use wireless motorola S9 stereo headphones. Alternatively put the music on an A2DP capable phone listen to your music and also take/make calls eg.order drinks and food from the galley on the way back to the clubhouse.

Cheshirecatman

What about those sunglasses with the MP3 player built in? The earbuds are connected to the frame of the glasses. I think Oakley makes them?

Let's POLKA!

The best thing is the SIRIUS boom-box in a dry bag.

I let my cat make the music. I can't imagine not hearing the transom suck when I sit (or stand) too far back, or the rig shake when I'm too sloppy on the main.
IMHO, it takes all five senses to really get into the

Zone

of sailing.

Here's mine Complete with lanyard so your hat doesn't blow away!!

If you want to do it right, there are ways to truly pimp your boat! For the Tybee this year we had an awesome sponsor who is in the bussiness of building custom waterproof stereo systems. Full Wave Audio is a company based out of Florida, and together with Tripp at Composite Systems Inc built us a fully waterproof, amplified stereo with two 9" speakers, and an Ipod in an Otterbox all housed in a fully custom carbon fiber case. We had control over the Ipod through the Otter Box and switched between setting up playlists vs the shuffle feature. This is the MacDaddy of stereo systems, and had enough balls to rock out the entire beach if we wanted to, as well as plenty of juice to get us through entire days on the water.
Check the pic, or can also check it in Video at adventureonline.tv, tybee 500 videos, Pimp My Ride.