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Hello, all! I couple of years ago I had a thread on here asking about converting my Hobie 16 from its default sailplan over to another rig type in an attempt to make the boat a little more docile and fit my personality better. After seeing all the responses in that thread, doing some...

I am getting closer to having my Hobie Cat ready to put back in the water, and now I find that issues of rigging and sail performance are becoming more and more prevalent in my mind. I've never actually sailed the boat - it was damaged when I received it. I do know, however, that heeling and...

Hello, all! I recently acquired a 5m long Hobie Cat sailboat, which I guess is called a Hobie 16, for basically free. It's been around awhile and has some parts missing, but seems basically seaworthy. For the price I paid I think it's definitely worth fixing. Anyway, I am in the process...

Okay, so my friend and I have decided to go ahead and go into business building sailboats. He is a widowed retiree who loves to build sailboats and I have a degree in management, so it seems like a good pairing. My friend has already found one prospective client whose dream boat hasn't been...

Who is the ignorant one? Okay, I need an expert opinion on something. I already know the answer, but my friend said, "Ask any expert," so I am. My friend, who claims to have over a decade of sailing yacht-building experience, told me that the only purpose of a centerboard/daggerboard on a...

Hello, I recently acquired a 17' Hobie Cat sailboat with trailer. It seems to be in fairly good condition, but during the trip home it slipped off the trailer and sustained quite a bit of abrasion damage to the port hull. I've been reading up on fiberglass repair, and it seems pretty...

Okay, I am getting to the point in the construction of my cardboard PD Racer that I need to start thinking about the sail rig. I like the traditional look of a gaff rig with a single jib, and so I'd like to try putting one of those together. In addition to the appearance, I want the ability to...

Hello, I have decided that my Spring Break project for this year will be to begin construction of my own sailboat. And, being the frugal person that I am, I have decided that the foundation of this project will be a set of free plans I found at svensens.com. The plans are for a boat...