The people
Forums, videos and groups
Thousands of these boats are still sailing, and their owners talk. Here is where.
Forums
- Hobie Forums indexhobie.comBoards for every model, including Bravo and Hobie 20, plus restorations and classifieds.
- Hobie Catamaran Sailing (general)hobie.comTechnical help and sailing FAQs that are not model-specific.
- Restorations / Modifications / Ideashobie.comCross-model restoration logs.
- TheBeachcats.com forumsthebeachcats.comIndependent beach-cat community with per-model boards and a technical-help board.
- Catsailor.netcatsailor.netOlder catamaran forum with a deep archive of repair threads.
- Hobie Forums: Hobie 14hobie.com
- Hobie Forums: Hobie 17 / 17 Sporthobie.com
- Hobie Forums: Hobie 18 / 18SX / 18 Magnumhobie.com
- Hobie Forums: Hobie 21 SE / 21 Sport Cruiserhobie.com
- Hobie Forums: Hobie Tigerhobie.com
- Hobie Forums: Hobie TriFoilerhobie.com
Hobie's own pages
- Hobie 21 support pagehobie.comHobie still hosts the assembly manual, parts guide and the two rigging videos here.
- Hobie's archived 21SC model pagemedia.hobie.com"No longer in production, but it is such a cool boat that we are maintaining this page just to share the story."
- 21SC Manual (Hobie digital assets)media.hobie.comThe same assembly manual mirrored on this site.
Videos
Model pages list Hobie's official rigging videos where they exist.
Hobie 21 threads
- Hobie Forums: Hobie 21SE / 21SC boardhobie.comThe main owners' board. Obsolete-part substitutions, leak locations, rigging questions.
- Hobie 21SE / 21SC FAQhobie.comSpecs for both boats and links to manuals, written by Hobie's former parts manager.
- 21 SE and 21SC Comptipshobie.comThe thread where Hobie confirmed (2017) that both Comptips are discontinued.
- Can the 21 SC be easily singlehanded?hobie.comOwners weigh in. Short answer: yes, with the furling rig.
- Motor for Sport Cruiserhobie.comOutboard brand, size and shaft-length recommendations for the motor mount.
- Hobie Forums: Restorations / Modifications boardhobie.comCross-model restoration threads, including a 21SC hatch handle assembly.
- TheBeachcats.com: Hobie 21 (21, 21SE, 21SC)thebeachcats.comClassifieds and photo albums. The best place to find a donor boat.
- TheBeachcats.com: Hobie 21SE Restoration progressthebeachcats.comA full teardown-and-rebuild log: sanding, epoxy repairs, Interlux primer. The hull work applies to the SC too.
- Sailing Anarchy: Hobie 21 SE for fun inland family sailing?forums.sailinganarchy.comCandid opinions on living with a 21 as a family boat.
Facebook groups cannot be verified without logging in, so this list starts with the safe bets. Owners: tell us which groups are active and they will be added.
- Search Facebook groups for "Hobie 21"facebook.comOwner groups come and go; this search is the quickest way to find the active ones.
- TheBeachcats on Facebookfacebook.comThe beach-cat community's page, with 21s showing up in the for-sale posts.
Reference sites
- Hobie Hotline magazine scans, 1970-2012 (Internet Archive)archive.orgPeriod articles, launch coverage and ads for every model. The best history source found.
- Hobie sailboats support indexhobie.comEvery model page and PDF in one place.
- Mariner Sails: Hobie product supportmariner-sails.comDealer mirror of about 50 of the same manuals, useful if Hobie ever pulls theirs.
- Wikipedia: Hobie Caten.wikipedia.orgModel table with years, designers and lengths.
- TheBeachcats.comthebeachcats.comClassifieds, forums and photo archive across all beach cats.
- Hobie Forumshobie.comPer-model boards for most of the fleet.
- Sailboatdata: Hobie Cat builder pagesailboatdata.comSpecs for every model including the monohulls.
- Sailboatdata: Hobie 21 SEsailboatdata.comBuild years, hull count and the note that the SE was reissued as the Sport Cruiser.
- Boat-Specs: Hobie Cat 21 SEboat-specs.comDimensions and sail areas for the SE.