• rgranger
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 07:58 AM

  Hey All:
  
  So I've been sailing for 39 years but I'm a relatively new sailor of Hobies. I'd rent one for a hour or so on Vacation etc. but last fall I purchased a new-2-me Hobie 16. I've only had it out 3 times so far. Once on a big lake in light wind, the second time on a small lake in decent wind but this last Wednesday I got a chance to go out on the big lake in decent wind.... Dang these are fast boats. I covered in 90 minutes what normally takes me all day in by 26' displacement hull boat.
  
  Anyway, what is the custom on naming Hobies and other cats? I've not seen names on these boats but I've named all of my other boats and would like to name this one.
  
  I'm sure it is not original but I'm liking the name Hobie-Wan.... since I definitely felt the force last Wednesday (SAY WHAT!)
  
  Whooo Hoooo
  
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  rgranger
  Smith Mountain Lake, VA
  Hobie16, Balboa26, Rhodes 22, O'Brian Windsurfer
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• kernunnos
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 08:07 AM

  I have a P16, first Beachcat, have named her.
  even my Optimist is named
  I think it's supersticious sailor stuff, however I will continue to name my boats.
  I do have a 17 ft Vanguard fish/ski boat too
  
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  1975 P16 "Spring Rain"Sail # 642
  Home Built 2004 Optimist-Delta "Unity"
  So old it has Dino hide for a sail Chrysler "Pirateer"
  Steve
  Oyama BC
  Lat 50.1167 N
  Long 119.3667 W
  1700 ft
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• davefarmer
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 08:38 AM

  "Flight Risk" custom 24 footer, "Lunatic Fringe" ARC 22, "High Voltage" F16 Stealth" "Johnny's Rocket" custom landsailer, and an SC20 that's
  awaiting inspiration. Name away!
  
  Dave
  
  
  
  Edited by davefarmer on May 23, 2014 - 06:40 AM.

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• klozhald
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 10:37 AM

  davefarmer

  and an SC20 that's
  awaiting inspiration. Name away!

  
  Catastrophal!
  SuperVente (vente = 20)
  Omnes Timor (Latin = everyone's fear)
  
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  Bob
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  Prindle 18-2 #244 "Wakizashi"
  Prindle 16 #3690 "Pegasus" Sold (sigh)
  AZ Multihull Fleet 42 member
  (Way) Past Commodore of Prindle Fleet 14
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• Andinista
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 03:49 PM

  Hobie-Wan, hope to see you in space.
  Live long and prosper!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEamF1_8A0E

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• 911hobie
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 09:43 PM

  ADDICTION It's a legal one!

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• rondog
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 10:21 PM

  Andinista

  Hobie-Wan, hope to see you in space.
  Live long and prosper!
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEamF1_8A0E

  
  
  
  Andinista, What size Nacra?
  
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  Big Bear Lake, Ca.
  1990 Hobie 18 Worlds
  1988 Mac 26Dagger
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• Andinista
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 10:55 PM

  Hi Ron, it's a 5.5
  That was the launching day, this is more recent:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R_BmTW64U
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelqd5CKUgI

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• Andinista
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 11:10 PM

  Here is my first one (5.0), called Nimbus
  

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• rondog
  
  

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  Posted: May 23, 2014 - 11:33 PM

  Andinista

  Hi Ron, it's a 5.5
  That was the launching day, this is more recent:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R_BmTW64U
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pelqd5CKUgI

  
  
  
  Very Nice. I like it!
  
  Thank You!
  
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  Ron
  Big Bear Lake, Ca.
  1990 Hobie 18 Worlds
  1988 Mac 26Dagger
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• scootunit007
  
  

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  Posted: May 26, 2014 - 11:38 PM

  I named my Hobie 16 the Jimmy D 3 in honor of Jimmy Doolittle the third who gave it to me. He lives down the street from me and he thought that I would like it. Jimmy Doolittle's grandson gave me his Hobie Cat 16! I am not kidding!

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• catmodding
  
  

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  Posted: May 27, 2014 - 02:22 PM

  
  
  Some 5 years ago, after my first catamaran-experience.. I bought this
  P18-2, it was a barn find.
  After lots of work, it was time to name the cat. My son asked me; " what
  was you're immediate thought when you sailed a cat for the first time ? "
  
  Late last season, during a break, she ran of her mooring dead-downwind
  on the stone dyke.
  So had to patch her up, since I didn't want to go trough the proces of
  repainting I bought some "cat claw" stickers and put them over the repairs.
  
  A.
  
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  Tornado (80's Reg White)
  Prindle 18-2 (sold)
  Dart 16 (hired and hooked)
  13 mtr steel cutter (sold)
  Etap 22, unsinkable sailing pocket cruiser.
  
  Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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• benedict
  
  

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  Posted: May 27, 2014 - 07:49 PM

  Hobie-Wan sounds awesome. Name away.
  
  I agree it's probably sailor superstition, but I still knock on wood (and scratch a stay, for crying out loud). My Prindle 16 was Schrodinger's Cat, and my current one, a Pacific Catamaran, is named Smilodon. (Get it? Extinct cat? Har!)
  
  Cats are like Pokemon. Gotta name 'em all!
  
  Tom
  
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  Island of Hawaii
  P-Cat 18 / Sail# 361 / HA 7633 H / "Smilodon"
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• kernunnos
  
  

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  Posted: May 27, 2014 - 08:14 PM

  I'll be sticking with the superstitions as well.
  
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  1975 P16 "Spring Rain"Sail # 642
  Home Built 2004 Optimist-Delta "Unity"
  So old it has Dino hide for a sail Chrysler "Pirateer"
  Steve
  Oyama BC
  Lat 50.1167 N
  Long 119.3667 W
  1700 ft
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