At long last I finally have something blog about over here in the big sandbox: my Hobie Cat has finally arrived and it was a good weekend :-)
The first part was receiving the Hobie Cat. This finally happened at 11:30am on January 5, 2012. East and West Express delivered the goods!
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| The hulls and mast carefully packaged |
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| The hulls and mast and deck with a bunch of boxes (on the tables behind) |
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| And all the stuff again |
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| Did I mention this was a French Hobie? |
Well after a long afternoon (and another morning) with the help of some fantastic staff at HMYC - plus some assistance from the catamaran fleet Captain (James) the boat was finally assembled and ready for sea trials ...
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| This is the assembled Hobie and January 6 around noon |
I also need to add a few more views of the new boat ...
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| The boat again with an old and new beach cart |
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| Now what is this - a SPINNAKER pole on the bow with a trumpet snuffer? |
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| Note the very cool new beach cart to the right ... |
I got in a few runs today, but needed to spend some time on the beach to dodge the Coast Guard since the boat registration is not complete and it was just easier to not answer questions. Still, I got in two runs despite the really light (and multi-directional) winds. The next task will be to get the spinnaker set up properly (this was learned the hard way) and get used to the boat itself.
There are some great people out at HMYC and everyone there was quite excited to see the new boat, but also commented that the only real difference was the hardware on it - goes to show the Hobie 16 is a classic design.
All in all, it was a good day ... with a great sunset ...
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