Hobie Parts Catalogue

HOBIE ALTER. He started off shaping surfboards, he ended up “The Cat That Flies” February 6, 1970 shaping a culture. Growing up in Laguna Beach during the 1950s, Hobie Alter Hobie’s enduring combination of innovation and meticulous always knew he wanted to make life fun. But how could he attention to detail would continue to attract the world’s best have known that he would someday make a life out of fun? surfers and shapers to the label for the next 50 years. But for And in the process forever change the way people play in Hobie Alter, the fun had just begun with surfboards. the water. In the late 60’s Hobie started messing around in boats. With It all began on a sunny day at Laguna’s Main Beach, when head designer Phil Edwards, Hobie developed a prototype a teenaged buddy of Hobie’s asked “What are we going to for a lightweight, fast and easy-to-sail playboat based on the do with our lives?” For Hobie the answer was simple. He Polynesian twin-hulled catamaran. History soon repeated itself. looked out onto the waves, dug his toes in the sand and said, What the foam Hobie surfboard did for surfing the Hobie Cat did “Nothing where we have to wear shoes, or live on the east for sailing, introducing a whole new way to have fun in the sun side of the Pacific Coast Highway.” and revolutionizing the industry in the process. In the past four decades more people have taken to the water on a Hobie Cat The solution was born in his parents’ garage, when Hobie than almost any other sailboat design. The Hobie Cat models are decided to apply his love of woodworking to the then- still the world’s best selling cats and it’s hard to find a body of fledgling sport of surfing. Dad backed the Buick out of the water on any continent that doesn’t have an active Hobie fleet. way to make room for a shipment of balsa wood, Hobie got out his drawknife and carved out his very first surfboard. In the years to follow plenty of other ocean innovations Friends soon started dropping by and before you knew it emerged from Hobie’s fertile imagination: the handy Hobie there was no room left for the Buick—Hobie’s business of Power Skiff, a frisky 33' monohull sailer, a 60' ocean voyaging fun had begun. power cat and innovative fishing floats. Life out of the water wasn’t ignored, either. Hobie’s logo has meant the very best in Hobie and the sport grew together. A couple of years everything from radio-controlled gliders and skateboards to his and 40 tons of sawdust later, Hobie opened up Southern world-famous polarized sunglasses and sportswear. California’s first surf shop in Dana Point. Then in 1958 Hobie and buddy Gordon “Grubby” Clark began experimenting If you use it in or around the water, it seems Hobie has made with new materials, literally inventing the polyurethane it and made it better. A perfect example is Hobie Cat’s new foam surfboard (and blowing up the garage in the process). line of recreational, touring and fishing kayaks, powered by The new boards were lighter, faster and easier to ride than the innovative foot-pedal MirageDrive™—kayaking’s first major anything else in the water. Suddenly everyone wanted to be a design change in over 300 years! surfer—and every surfer wanted a Hobie. It seems incredible that one man’s vision could provide so By the mid-1960s, while the Beach Boys were making records, much fun for watermen and women the world over, but in that the legendary Hobie Surf Team was setting them. Hobie’s department Hobie Alter stands alone. Hobie didn’t just create lineup was a veritable Who’s Who of surfing greats. Phil toys, he created a way of life, a whole new way of looking at our Edwards,Font DIN Joey medium Cabell, Corky Carroll, Mickey Munoz, Joyce watery world. The dream born on the beach 58 years ago has Hoffman,Pantone JoeyBlue Hamasaki,2965U Gary Propper, Billy Hamilton and become reality not just for Hobie but for new generations of HerbieOff White Fletcher 4% yellow are just a few of the champions who sported dreamers, all of whom continue to spell fun in the sun, the surf the distinctive Hobie diamond logo over the years. and the sand with a flying capital Full Block HOBIE ALTER. He started off shaping surfboards, he ended up Navy Dart “The Cat That Flies” February 6, 1970 shaping a culture. White DArt Growing up in Laguna Beach during the 1950s, Hobie Alter Hobie’s enduring combination of innovation and meticulous always knew he wanted to make life fun. But how could he attention to detail would continue to attract the world’s best have known that he would someday make a life out of fun? surfers and shapers to the label for the next 50 years. But for And in the process forever change the way people play in Hobie Alter, the fun had just begun with surfboards. the water. In the late 60’s Hobie started messing around in boats. With It all began on a sunny day at Laguna’s Main Beach, when head designer Phil Edwards, Hobie developed a prototype a teenaged buddy of Hobie’s asked “What are we going to for a lightweight, fast and easy-to-sail playboat based on the do with our lives?” For Hobie the answer was simple. He Polynesian twin-hulled catamaran. History soon repeated itself. looked out onto the waves, dug his toes in the sand and said, What the foam Hobie surfboard did for surfing the Hobie Cat did “Nothing where we have to wear shoes, or live on the east for sailing, introducing a whole new way to have fun in the sun side of the Pacific Coast Highway.” and revolutionizing the industry in the process. In the past four decades more people have taken to the water on a Hobie Cat The solution was born in his parents’ garage, when Hobie than almost any other sailboat design. The Hobie Cat models are decided to apply his love of woodworking to the then- still the world’s best selling cats and it’s hard to find a body of fledgling sport of surfing. Dad backed the Buick out of the water on any continent that doesn’t have an active Hobie fleet. way to make room for a shipment of balsa wood, Hobie got out his drawknife and carved out his very first surfboard. In the years to follow plenty of other ocean innovations Friends soon started dropping by and before you knew it emerged from Hobie’s fertile imagination: the handy Hobie there was no room left for the Buick—Hobie’s business of Power Skiff, a frisky 33' monohull sailer, a 60' ocean voyaging fun had begun. power cat and innovative fishing floats. Life out of the water wasn’t ignored, either. Hobie’s logo has meant the very best in Hobie and the sport grew together. A couple of years everything from radio-controlled gliders and skateboards to his and 40 tons of sawdust later, Hobie opened up Southern world-famous polarized sunglasses and sportswear. California’s first surf shop in Dana Point. Then in 1958 Hobie and buddy Gordon “Grubby” Clark began experimenting If you use it in or around the water, it seems Hobie has made with new materials, literally inventing the polyurethane it and made it better. A perfect example is Hobie Cat’s new foam surfboard (and blowing up the garage in the process). line of recreational, touring and fishing kayaks, powered by The new boards were lighter, faster and easier to ride than the innovative foot-pedal MirageDrive™—kayaking’s first major anything else in the water. Suddenly everyone wanted to be a design change in over 300 years! surfer—and every surfer wanted a Hobie. It seems incredible that one man’s vision could provide so By the mid-1960s, while the Beach Boys were making records, much fun for watermen and women the world over, but in that the legendary Hobie Surf Team was setting them. Hobie’s department Hobie Alter stands alone. Hobie didn’t just create lineup was a veritable Who’s Who of surfing greats. Phil toys, he created a way of life, a whole new way of looking at our Edwards,Font DIN Joey medium Cabell, Corky Carroll, Mickey Munoz, Joyce watery world. The dream born on the beach 58 years ago has Hoffman,Pantone JoeyBlue Hamasaki,2965U Gary Propper, Billy Hamilton and become reality not just for Hobie but for new generations of HerbieOff White Fletcher 4% yellow are just a few of the champions who sported dreamers, all of whom continue to spell fun in the sun, the surf the distinctive Hobie diamond logo over the years. and the sand with a flying capital Full Block Navy Dart White DArt Complete product / page index located on inside-back cover. Note: Freight to dealers is not included in pricing. Freight charges (especially on larger items) may be additional. CLOTHING ACCESSORIES WET WEAR LIFE VESTS TRAPEZE WING SEATS SAILS BATTENS WIND INDICATORS TRAMPOLINES RIGHTING RUDDERS TILLERS HARDWARE LINE TRAILERS, STORAGE MAST STEPPING BEACH WHEELS BAGS / PORTS / GLOVES BOOKS / VIDEO TOOLS / REPAIRS SUPPORT / WARRANTY PART GUIDES PART LIST No portion of this catalog may be reproduced without INDEX the express permission of the Hobie Cat Company. Printed in USA.

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