[quote=waiex191]We are into the cheap sailboat thing. My first was a Formex for $200, incorrectly advertised as a snark. I've replaced the mast, booms, sail (twice, made them both), and rudder. Daggerboard is as it came and we recently failed the hull. Still, it got me sailing. Ironically, the $30 formex was found just before we failed the hull on ours. But we had already told my kid's buddy about it and it got him sailing. So it's all good.
Next was a Sea Snark that my kid found for $100. I had to make a new daggerboard for it. I also went to a bigger sail (that I made) along with new booms and a mast. The extra power was great but now we need some repairs:
[url]https://youtu.be/hcRpHW9wr8I[/url]
We replaced the Sea Snark with a Snark Sunflower my kid found for $180. It needed a mast as the original was at the bottom of the lake. We moved the new sail & mast from the snark in the video to it. My favorite Snark sailboat of the two. It has 4" more beam and is a lot more comfortable for an adult.
We got our Supercat 17 free not counting the expenses to go and get it from Florida. More money to be spent on it soon.
Our first Hobie 16 was originally up for sale for $200. The guy backed out, and then a month later re-listed for $400.
The current Hobie 16 we found for $300. It was missing a bunch of parts but mainly we needed hulls. After we bought it my kid found a pair of hulls & tramp for $50. Bummer on the timing.
Would it have been better to buy a good $2000-2500 H16? Most likely. But we had fun and learned a lot, so no regrets.[/quote]
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