Oracle's Cat Attack.

Multi-hull baby, that would be a Cat Mac!
Pobresito Tillerman, it ain't your Grand Dad's Laser.

Via Valencia Sailing.

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A Blast From The Past.

The Hobie Monocat.
I almost bought one a couple of years ago. She's fast, fun and stable.

Hobie in it's infinite wisdom replaced her with the god awful rotomolded
(made from recycled Clorox bottles) Bravo.

note: (These are the same guys who stopped production
of the 14 in North America.)

Tags: sailing, hobie monocat, hobie cat, catamaran sailing, catamarans, multihulls

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A Blast From The Past.

The Hobie Monocat.
I almost bought one a couple of years ago. She's fast, fun and stable.

Hobie in it's infinite wisdom replaced her with the god awful rotomolded
(made from recycled Clorox bottles) Bravo.

note: (These are the same guys who stopped production
of the 14 in North America.)

Tags: sailing, hobie monocat, hobie cat, catamaran sailing, catamarans, multihulls

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No One Is Picking Up My Call From The Darkside.

No Lasers to be found. What's a guy to do? Look at scows?

I found an Melges 16 up at Clear Lake on Craigslist.
It looked promising at $700, so I threw a line in the water at SA and came back
with a definite don't buy from a scow guy who said the boat was an old warhorse
from the sixties that should be put out to pasture.
He pointed me toward an MC up in Sac-town.

Isn't it a big Laser that needs a few more blokes to carry it to the water?

I'm starting to think Hobie.
Puffy, she is one of those multi-hull watchamacallits that loves the beach.
I found an '82 Hobie 14 on Craigslist that has no soft spots, new running
and standing rigging for the same price as the Melges.

Should I take the plunge or wait on the beach for a
Laser to wash ashore?

Tags: laser sailing, dinghy sailing, hobie cats, hobie 14, M 16 Scow, MC Scow, beach cats, catamaran sailing, multi-hull sailing, sailing

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"Friends Don't Let Friends Sail Multihulls"

Edward, A Horse Is A Horse, Of Course, Of Course,..How About A Unicorn?
Sorry Steph, saying no to multi-hulls is verboten here at "The Horse's Mouth."

Why a Unicorn?
It can be built at home.
No crew problems - "Hey Phil, do you want to go sailing today? No thanks Joe
my wife and I are going up to Wine Country."
Easy to rig and launch single-handed
18ft waterline means good handling in sea conditions
Trailer fully assembled
Very light weight, hulls and cross beams 60kg minimum,
all up sailing weight 108kg minimum
Can be sailed for fun two up
Strict class rules but significant but flexibility in the design of rig and variation in
hull shape and materials

The Specs:
Single handed National 'A' class cat (A Cat baby, A Cat!)
Trapeze and una rig
PY of 775, ISAF 1.09
Length 5.49m (18ft)
Beam 2.29m (7ft 6in)
Sail Area 13sqm
Mast Height 7.93m (26ft)
Superb boat in light winds with high performance up to F6 due to the
flexibility of the rig settings
Daggerboards for high efficiency and superb pointing
Flexible mast with loose footed main. Adjustments to outhaul, downhaul,
kicker and lower shrouds.
With a full cut sail this gives terrific scope for control of sail shape
Trapeze for the ultimate sailing challenge
Una rig for simplicity of sail handling (13 sqm sail area to A class specification)

Edward, a wire does not make a boat complicated. Check out the Wiley Wabbits
that sail out of Berkeley.

Tags: boat building, beach cats, a cats, catamaran sailing, unicorn catamaran, sailing

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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

I don't care what the Tillerman says, Cats really are cool.
Photo: Richard Page.

Tags: beach cats, catamaran sailing, multihull sailing, sailing

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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

This is a classic shot of a Hobie playing in the surf. Can you do that on a Laser?
Mind you, the hulls won't be happy if you do that a lot.
Bobby, it's all about the air!

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For Adam: Hobie Surfing Video

http://www.dailymotion.com/swf/2GNsDOEWQYr9gaPb
NissanSurfBest
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Weekend Wahine.

If you want to see bikinis this week you better not come to San Francisco,
you'll need to head south down the highway to Cabo or hop on a plane to Hawaii.

Photo of a wahine sailor on a beached G-Cat via Dotan Rudders.

Tags: wahine, beach cat

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A Nice Hobie 16 Video For A Wet and Windy Autumn Day.

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Hobie Cat Wham Bam Thank you Mam.
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Must read: Live Sail Die has an excellent story on getting back to basics.

Tags: hobie cat, catamaran sailing, multihull sailing, h16, sailing, sailing video, video, wipe out

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A Nice Hobie 16 Video For A Wet and Windy Autumn Day.

Dailymotion blogged video
Hobie Cat Wham Bam Thank you Mam.
Video sent by h2ojoe

Must read: Live Sail Die has an excellent story on getting back to basics.

Tags: hobie cat, catamaran sailing, multihull sailing, h16, sailing, sailing video, video, wipe out

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I'm Strong To The Finich, Cause I Eats Me Spinach.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man. 
Mosquito catamaran.

I'm constantly amazed how light weight boats have become with the use of new materials.

Tags: beach cats, multihull sailing, catamaran sailing, sailing

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Shark Attack!

Did you expect a swimimng eating machine? These sharks are known to ply the waters off of Canandaigua, New York. There other sharks supposedly in that cold country to the north called Canada. It has also been reported that a shark or two have been spotted in Lake Tahoe, most rational sailors attribute these sightings to a case of grog fogging the mind.

The Shark Catamaran is a woooden cat designed in 1962 by JR Macalpine-Downie. Why am In suck a sucker for odd ball boats?
I  guess what I like about her is that she is a wooden boat that can be built at home.

Tags: shark catamaran, beach cats, catamaran sailing, multihull sailing, sailing

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Spitfire Cats Tear Up The Water. Video

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Trouble
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Tags: spifire catamaran, catamaran sailing, catamarans, multihulls, sailing video

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Alley Oop.

Houston we seem to have a problem.
Team Tommy does a pitch pole. See the pics of the carnage in Horsesmouth...I mean Portsmouth here.

Links: Volvo Extrene 40 | Scuttlebutt Europe

Tags: Volvo Extreme 40, Catamaran, Catamarans, Catamaran Sailing, Sailing, Oops

Alley Oop.

Houston we seem to have a problem.
Team Tommy does a pitch pole. See the pics of the carnage in Horsesmouth...I mean Portsmouth here.

Links: Volvo Extrene 40 | Scuttlebutt Europe

Tags: Volvo Extreme 40, Catamaran, Catamarans, Catamaran Sailing, Sailing, Oops

Splish Splash I Was Taking A Bath

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