[quote=monstacotyscott]I honestly don't know about the interchanging of sails. The SolCat has a mast length of 28', and the Hobie a mast length of 28'1", so I would imagine the sails are very similar in size and shape. I'm sure a sailmaker could easily modify a hobie sail to work, but it may not swap directly over.
SolCat sails can often be found used, and Midwest Sailing actually sales many NEW parts for the SolCat, including sails.
I love the SolCat, I just have the opportunity to upgrade to a NACRA 5.8 and wanted to give it a go. It's certainly a unique boat and gets a lot of comments from sailors and non-sailors a like. It's a pretty predictable boat and its rare that I ever capsize without really pushing it's limits.
I would say it compares pretty closely to the Hobie 18. The Portsmouth Rating on the Hobie is 71.4, where as the SolCat is 74.9, making the Hobie a technically faster boat, but a good sailor can easily make up for that gap.
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