Team Seacats

I’m working to help a friend revive a 1981 Hobie 16 catamaran and will chronicle some of the success and failures on this boat here over the next couple of weeks. We rigged the boat and made a long list of things that need to be addressed; new lines, trampoline, most of the line hardware, a little fiberglass work, and a rebuild of the trailer lights and bearings. Structurally, the boat is in good shape. After $600, we have a big box of parts and have put on the new trampoline that was made by Mainsail Marine (one of Team Seacats sponsors!). The black mesh trampoline is terrific! Other than pressure wash the boat, installing the trampoline is about all we’ve accomplished to date. Unfortunately, I didn’t take any pictures of the boat before we pressure washed it – it had been sitting under pine trees for at least 10 years.