Hobie's discontinued sailboats,
kept sailing
Hobie stopped building most of its catamarans, the TriFoiler, the Hobie 33 and the Holder dinghies years ago, and the parts went with them. The boats are still out there. This is an owners' archive for every one of them: the factory manuals and parts guides, 160 issues of Hotline magazine, the history, the people, and the repairs and parts owners are making themselves.
- Models
- 23
- Factory documents
- 92
- Hotline issues
- 160
- DIY resources
- 42
The boats
The classic catamarans
Fiberglass beach cats built in Oceanside, California.
- Hobie 141967-2004 (US); later in Europe/Brazil
- Hobie 17 / 17 Sport1985-2003
- Hobie 18 / 18SX / 18 Magnum1976-2003
- Hobie 20 (Miracle 20)1991-2007
- Hobie 21 SE / 21 Sport Cruiser1987-1990 (SE), 1992-~2003 (SC)
- Hobie Bravo2001-2020
The imported racers
Hobie Cat Europe designs sold in North America: Formula 18 and Formula 20 boats.
- Hobie Tiger1995-~2009
- Hobie Fox2000-~2007
- Hobie FX One2002-~2009
- Hobie Wild Cat2009-
- Hobie Pearl2008-
Trimaran and monohulls
The TriFoiler, the Hobie 33 sportboat and the Holder dinghies.
- Hobie TriFoiler1994-1999
- Hobie 331982-1987
- Hobie / Holder Hawk (Holder 9)1984-
- Holder 12 / Hobie One-121984-1995
- Holder 14 / 14 MKII / Hobie One-141983-1995
- Holder 17 / 17 DS1981- · documents wanted
- Holder 201980-1987 · documents wanted
- Hobie Magic 251996- · documents wanted
- Hobie 4051992- · documents wanted
- Hobie 3.51975-1979 · documents wanted
- Hobie Monocat 121973-1978 · documents wanted
- Hobie 10unknown · documents wanted
The long reads
Articles synthesized from Hotline magazine, Hobie's support pages and the forum threads that are about to disappear, each footnoted to its sources.
- The Hobie Cat story History
- The Comptip Mast
- Soft Decks Hulls
- Which Hobie Is This? Identification
- Rig Tuning Tuning
- Sail Controls and Power Tuning
- Handling Sailing
Hobie 21 in depth
The 21 Sport Cruiser and 21 SE get the full treatment: history, a part-number index, the mast drawings and a measured extrusion section, rigging and sailing notes, and open files for a 3D-printed masthead fitting. Start with the story.
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