Hello

Saturday, I purchased my first Hobie Cat16. I grew up sailing a dink on a lake behind my house... and would from time to time, hitch a ride on my neighbor's Hobie... and as an adult, I would charter one for an hour or two every summer at the beach. But most of my sailing experience has been in pocket cruisers in the 22' to 26' range. I have 38 years of sailing experience but this is my first Catamaran and I'm really stoked.

I live in central VA and mostly sail at a reservoir called Smith Mountain Lake and I do one or two cruises in either the Chesapeake Bay or the OBX each summer. My most recent cruise was to Tangier Island.

I'm sure I'll have a lot of tuning and rigging questions... and I'll probably find missing/broken parts to replace. Looking forward to getting to know all of you.

Best,

r

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rgranger
Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Hobie16, Balboa26, Rhodes 22, O'Brian Windsurfer
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welcome r
great first cat!

PS - l love the dyer dink! awesome little tender

rgranger

Hello

Saturday, I purchased my first Hobie Cat16.

rgranger, Welcome to TheBeachcats.com. Lot's of members in the Virginia area so don't be afraid to ask for help if you have questions.

Good job setting up your signature and avatar!

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Damon Linkous
1992 Hobie 18
Memphis, TN

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PS - l love the dyer dink! awesome little tender

Ha ha! How did you know it was a dyer?

I'm guessing I have a personal info file on this forum from when I first registered 4 years ago. If so, how do I get to it? I want to see if I need to update it. About four years ago, I was shopping hard for a catamaran but went another direction. I first registered then. But today was my first post.

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rgranger
Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Hobie16, Balboa26, Rhodes 22, O'Brian Windsurfer
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DamonLinkous

rgranger

Hello

Saturday, I purchased my first Hobie Cat16.

rgranger, Welcome to TheBeachcats.com. Lot's of members in the Virginia area so don't be afraid to ask for help if you have questions.

Good job setting up your signature and avatar!

Thanks Damon

I see you are from Memphis. The previous owner of my boat purchased it from a guy in Memphis. And the boat has a sticker from the original dealership from Houston. So this boat has been around.

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rgranger
Smith Mountain Lake, VA
Hobie16, Balboa26, Rhodes 22, O'Brian Windsurfer
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rgranger,

I just bought one yesterday! It is my first boat as well, an '81 with freshly painted hulls. I live in California, so we probably won't be sharing tools. The guys on this site have given me advice on my plans to add a front trampoline to it. Still working on a solution for that one :) I'll keep an eye out for the questions you post, I am likely to have the same.

Cole

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Cole
DTLA
'81 H16 Project to Catalina
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are there other dinks (besides the dyer dink)?

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Ha ha! How did you know it was a dyer?