[quote=Dogboy]Hobie certainly didn't invent the catamaran. What he did was much more significant - he industrialized the catamaran manufacturing process in such a way that that they could be built in a large scale production environment and brought to the masses. This was undoubtedly aided by his use of molded composite fiberglass hulls - a process he helped pioneer. Oh yea, and his boats are really fun to sail, that certainly helped too....
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