Hi, My name is Ryan. I am new to this site due to Hobie's site being very slow and inactive. A little about my sailing experience: I sailed a bunch of Hobie holder/hawk 12s while growing up, and a few times my brother and I had enough courage to try the Prindle 16? (i think it was). I sailed at Shaver Lake CA. I was self taught, and I showed enough knowledge to get hired as a sailing instructor at the lakes Boy Scout Camp. I did this for a while between school semesters. There I improved my sailing skills. Since then I have been into more motor boats than anything due to my job. I have mastered most kinds of motorboats and now I am instructing on them.
So your thinking: where does sailing come in with all this mumbo-jumbo?

Well that's the good part, I happened to be in San Diego for a Water Safety convention for work. My wife and I were sitting on the balcony of our room when I started pointing out different sailboats in the marina. At this point I decided that we must rent a sailboat so she can try it out.

We rented a Catalina Capri 18: She was hooked.

After sailing Mission Bay for a few hours we started talking about getting a boat.


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Hobie cat 14 196?
Hobie cat 14 1976 Flamer
Coarsegold, CA
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Here is the story on my first boat.
http://www.thebeachcats.c…ms/viewtopic/topic/13367
More to come tomorrow.

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Hobie cat 14 196?
Hobie cat 14 1976 Flamer
Coarsegold, CA
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Sounds familiar, but before I bought a cat I would take my wife on it when the wind is blowing. My wife loved the ODAY 22 she and I went on. I bought a cat. It take hell and high water to get her on that "wet boat".

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Nacra 5.2
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golfdad75

Sounds familiar, but before I bought a cat I would take my wife on it when the wind is blowing. My wife loved the ODAY 22 she and I went on. I bought a cat. It take hell and high water to get her on that "wet boat".

She and I enjoy the mono hulls. I can see a catalina 22 in our future. I have the cats now, so that's what she can sail until she shows more skill. I think smaller, more nimble race type boats are the best to learn on. Once you can sail these well, handling a mono hull will be cake / a nice relaxing cruise.

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Hobie cat 14 196?
Hobie cat 14 1976 Flamer
Coarsegold, CA
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