Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Bob, and I'm on my second sailboat though I consider myself a very novice sailor. I've been around powerboats for quite a while, but always had an appreciation for boats powered by the wind. My first boat was a San Juan 21 that I repaired and repainted but never got much sail time on. I sold that boat several years ago but always wished I had something smaller and simpler to sail. Back in March I saw and ad on the local CL for a boat that was small but at the same time looked much larger than other 13' boats I was seeing. Plus, it looked to be a cat boat, one sail. How much easier could that be? Long story short, I got the boat and spent some time getting it ready to go back into the water.
It's a bit of an odd duck, it was made by TPI about 20 years ago, designed by Ted Hood and conceived by Gary Hoyt. It is very wide, over 6 foot compared to its length of 13.5 feet. It has a carbon fiber mast that the mainsail furls on and uses a hoyt boom. It originally came with a built in minnkota trolling motor, a solar panel and charging system. The motor was long time shot, but the solar panel still worked. The original sail is still usable, (barely) and the hull was in pretty good shape.
I've had the boat out twice and have done fairly well each time. I took a US Sailing basic keelboat course a month ago and that built up my confidence. I'm looking forward to talking with other folks about this boat and sailing. Here are a couple of pics of the boat, she is now sitting on a PWC lift in my backyard.
It's a bit of an odd duck, it was made by TPI about 20 years ago, designed by Ted Hood and conceived by Gary Hoyt. It is very wide, over 6 foot compared to its length of 13.5 feet. It has a carbon fiber mast that the mainsail furls on and uses a hoyt boom. It originally came with a built in minnkota trolling motor, a solar panel and charging system. The motor was long time shot, but the solar panel still worked. The original sail is still usable, (barely) and the hull was in pretty good shape.
I've had the boat out twice and have done fairly well each time. I took a US Sailing basic keelboat course a month ago and that built up my confidence. I'm looking forward to talking with other folks about this boat and sailing. Here are a couple of pics of the boat, she is now sitting on a PWC lift in my backyard.
