Hobie 16 Restoration

[Photosofjohn]

I saw your vid a few years ago after picking up a nice little H16 with my best friend so he and I could sail it together just like we did for a week straight while on vacation in Mexico. Because of kids and other family commitments we just never got it wet. It ended up sitting in his driveway for 4 years. My best friend just passed away and I dragged the Cat home and started cleaning it up again today. I can tell you it won't sit dry anymore... Thanks for the vid. Again.

[WindRider707]

@Photosofjohn thanks. Sorry for your loss. keep sailing....

[singingwaterboy]

Great video mate. Nothing annoys me more than when rich people buy beautiful boats then smash them around because they can always just get another one or get them repaired, having said that, nothing make me more happy than restoring and maintaining old sailboats. you did an amazing job!

[WindRider707]

someone said something about the tramp being upside down - indeed! The top was so nasty and stained, I liked the look of it upside down, a little slicker, but worked fine - the hiking straps were rotted off anyway. I ended up getting ablack mesh tramp for the top, it's in another one of my sailing vids :)

[lego720]

hey man, you might have your trampoline on upside down

[iamtherobotofpop]

Excellent video, and great work on the boat!!! Im just about ready to do the same to my H16 and H14.... i may sell the 14 and get another 16 to sail during the downtime.... Thanks again for sharing!!!! if your ever in new england, and would like some freshwater action, lemme know!!!!!!

[HighDefinitionVideo]

Great stuff man!! I won't ever complain about having a 20 min drive to the beach to sail my H16! 450 miles... Man that is dedication! Just great! A true inspiriation!

[WindRider707]

thanks! yeah, I love the mountains, and lakes here aren't too bad, one or two just superb, well, fun camp/sailing, and fun, but I think I could be talked into a beach livin arrangement pretty easy, esp. if near a sound AND the open ocean. Speed......and air! :) sail on!

[ClooneyProductions]

I wish the best for your son of a son of a sailor! I live near the coast of NC; New Bern to be exact. I just had a family friend give me a Prindle 18 for free. I can't wait to get it in sailing condition!

[WindRider707]

RAD - he's just growing like a wild man! Looks just like me at the beg. of this video LOL. We're on the water together this year :) take care, have fun, sail hard!

[HobieBravoSailor]

Great job man, where did you find the boat? happy sailing!

[WindRider707]

You know, I just searched on all sorts of sites. This one wasn't on anything big, like a local classified ad in some paper in Illinois - I live in NC! It turned out a lot of other ppl called after me, and I couldnt pick her up for month or 6 weeks, so i took the chance and mailed the guy $100 to hold it. He did.

[HobieBravoSailor]

hey man, you did an exeptional job on retoring that beatiful boat. congratulations. Where did you buy the boat off of? happy sailing!

[lego720]

im about to do the the same thing this winter. i'll post up my video too. good job!

[hobieknobie]

Great job ! I think you were very corageous to start such a task.

I am dreading the day in which I will have to repair my chipped hulls. I have the same problem as you did , the previous owner did very louzy dockings. Could I ask you to detail a bit further how you repaired those chips ...

[streetskater1000]

great video i have the exact same boat as you i even have the black tell tales on the sail but mines not as shiny as urs !

[WindRider707]

Sure...it's the silver can, is that Krylon? It's the silver can at Home Depot labeled as "Industrial Strength" and it's supposed to adhere to metal, plastic, and so on.  Now it's been three seasons of sailing and she still looks good. Just buy the most expensive high heat/outdoor/metal spary paint you can find and look for a silver can. Clean the metal obsessively first, then give the paint a soft run over with high grit sand paper for smoothness. Stay in touch!

[SigChi725]

im interested in attempting the same thing... any chance you could tell me the total cost from start to finish?

She's a beaut!!

[WindRider707]

thanks! You know, it was kind of spread out over a month or two so I'm not really sure, but I can say the new stays and lines were around $100 or $150 for all, righting line 40 or so, paint and polish/wax maybe $60 altogether.

[SigChi725]

How were the hulls when you found her? Any soft spots?

[WindRider707]

ugly but solid. I took a chance in buying over the net and figured for $400 it would be worth it. No soft spots at all. Except in my heart, for sailing *sniff sniff*

:P

[rjannis]

PARABÉNS MY FRIEND !! CONGRATULATIONS ! NICE JOB ! I have a Hobie Cat 14 here in south of Brazil.

[WindRider707]

I learned on my dads 14, still love it, much easier to rig and sail solo...

[rustyhelm]

Great job!!

[printer526]

nice job on the boat, I just bought a $400 special myself, have 8hrs to go pick it up-fires me up, and congrats on the son

[Fiddlechick]

Cool!

[JordyWilkie99]

Thant was cool how you changed the pictures in sync with the music!