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  • MN3
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:40 PM
    skarr1Comparing 3 old cats to new sports cars does not make sense to me.


    this was a metaphor to say, just cause you can get a 5.8 (a rather large powerful race cat).. it may not be the best first boat...

    One suggestion that was not explored here is.. if i recall correctly, there is a pretty active group at lake lanier... and some racing. it may be very worth your time to meet the locals, ask a few 100000 questions about the pros and cons of each skippers boat, ask their opinion about the boats available, and ask for demo's (rides) and get a bit of a feel for the different cats.

    Heck maybe even offer to crew for a race or help run a race (they often welcome help) to meet the locals.

    Please keep us posted on your progress/purchase.
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:43 PM
    mummpIt's no more complicated then, . . . say, . . . remembering to put your drain plugs in.


    Hey, is that a shot at me? icon_eek

    Ok, if we are going with unbiased opinions on what boat is best...

    Get a Hobie 18 and life is good!

    atl76
    so am looking for a cat that I can sail with them for fun and still have some excitement rather than just drifting along at 2knts or so.

    Hobie 18
    atl76I know it has daggerboards - but grew up with these so that's not too much of an issue.

    Hobie 18

    atl76fit 3 comfortably

    Hobie 18 (get the wings and sail with 4!)

    atl76I am about 190lbs or so.

    Hobie 18, it's a big boys boat!

    One more thing, there are probably at least 10 times more Hobie 18's available than any of the Nacras. icon_evil


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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 10:53 PM
    QuoteHobie 18 (get the wings and sail with 4!)

    wings are for wingnuts!
    Girls dig Nacras!
    Nacras rule!
    Go Nacra or go home!
    Wanna arm wrestle?

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:00 PM
    windvaneM20 scow rates the same, thistle and c scow are both rated faster all can take 3 plus the c only has 1 sail.


    To me scows don't count as monoslugs, more like a "connected catamaran" most have two rudders and two daggers! They are pretty cool lake boats, an e-Scow is a beast!

    I'm pretty sure I could take a Thistle (500lb 3up spin boat) with a Getaway around a triangle course, my local lake has mostly Lightnings and Thistles, some pretty good sailors, and I can sail circles around them with my H18.

    The only time they have an advantage is direct downwind in very light air with their big round chutes.

    My first twenty years of sailing was all dinghies and small keelboats like the J24 and San Juan 24, once I got on a cat I never went back!


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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:02 PM
    mummp
    Girls dig Nacras!


    You've got the quote wrong, it's..

    Chicks Dig the Wings!


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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:05 PM
    Case Closed
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:06 PM
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    Girls dig Nacras!


    You've got the quote wrong, it's..

    Chicks Dig the Wings!

    O.K. I concede, girls really do dig the wings, especially the view of my transoms from them . . .

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:09 PM
    damonAdminCase Closed
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    That ain't fair, you know I don't know how to embed a photo in a post, and you know I got the pictures.

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:10 PM
    QuoteGirls dig Nacras!


    around here, they like mystere's
    http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs114.snc1/4691_1073069392299_1393102379_30195207_6934336_n.jpg
    http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs015.snc1/2636_62802858601_530203601_1623801_7646714_n.jpg
    http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs395.snc3/24026_365479308601_530203601_3653754_8296938_n.jpg




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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:10 PM
    mummp
    O.K. I concede, girls really do dig the wings, especially the view of my transoms from them . . .

    That's true, but you have awesome transoms for a white boy! icon_lol

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:12 PM
    I agree with mummp. Hobie liked their H17 and H18 designs so much they replaced them with the Nacra F17 and F18, er, the FxOne and Tiger. :)

    I like all cats but Hobie is like the microsoft of catamarans. Mac(ra) is about 10 years ahead of the game while Hobie(soft) waits a long time to change things up and in the mean time they make a 'penguin' kayak!? :) Hey at least they are still in business and relatively successful. I guess I'm just bitter because after 30+ years you still have to hang off the back of an H16 to keep it from pitchpoling in a stiff breeze. Aside from that they were definitely responsible for making me catch the cat bug!!

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:13 PM
    mummpThat ain't fair, you know I don't know how to embed a photo in a post, and you know I got the pictures.


    Says you!


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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:16 PM
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    QuoteGirls dig Nacras!


    around here, they like mystere's
    http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs114.snc1/4691_1073069392299_1393102379_30195207_6934336_n.jpg
    http://hphotos-snc1.fbcdn.net/hs015.snc1/2636_62802858601_530203601_1623801_7646714_n.jpg

    My crew did say she enjoyed the ride on your cute boat, slow as it was.

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:17 PM
    I love how the same old question - gets everybody goin....
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:19 PM
    If the girls were on a NACRA they would be WEThttp://www.thebeachcats.com/modules/pn_bbsmile/pnimages/smilies/icon_eek.gif
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:19 PM
    andrewscottI love how the same old question - gets everybody goin....


    So true..

    question: Which boat should I get?

    answer: (in chorus) Get one like mine!


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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:21 PM
    mummpThat ain't fair, you know I don't know how to embed a photo in a post, and you know I got the pictures.


    SO EASY A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:24 PM
    I will sail on any cat with girls that look like that on it. Even a wave...

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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:25 PM
    andrewscottSO EASY A CAVEMAN CAN DO IT

    True, but evidently too hard for a pirate. aaarrrrrghhhh!
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    Link to this post Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 11:26 PM
    I thought ATL76 really should know what this group is all about.
    Some of you know that I have falling in love with another boat, it ain't a NACRA, and good Lord forbid it ain't Hobie.

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