[quote=hobieflier]Ah yes, sorry bout that,
I grew up and still live in Exuma, Bahamas. (someone send me a snowball!! :D)
I started out sailing a salvaged Boston Whaler - 9 or 10 footer I think later had anytime-access to a JY15 of which I still have many fond memories. It was in 98 that I did some work in exchange for a hurricane battered H16 with a broken mast. I used another mast I had and stuffed it into the bottom two feet of the hobie mast. The entire rig was still too short and I spent the rest of my time with that boat rolling under the boom with every tack, (sigh) good times...
I parted with that boat in 2006, when it seemed everything that could hit the fan did so - in chorus and sailing faded into the background. I got my next boat in 2010 - an old Flying Scot daysailor with a swing keel , which was good for the shallow south coast I had moved to.
It wasn't until new years that a friend of mine : Dick Chase passed through Georgetown did I remember years ago he had offered to let me use the moulds he had to build one of his cats. I hopped a flight down to Acklins and had a BLAST sailing for three days on his tri 'Lucile' (which started life as a Westport 25 till he added a 30' center hull). By the end of that trip - which was picture-perfect in every way - I knew I needed a cat in my life again, so that's what I'm planning now - a build in Sep/Oct up in Westport Mas. and then sailing her back home.
I've never sailed in the States before so just the trip back is something I'm really looking forward to.
If/When I start building I'll be sure to post progress!
Any of you guys up in that neck of the woods?[/quote]
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