1998 Hobie Cat Corporation HOBIE CLUB WAVE 13 Standard Equipment, Boat Value, Boat Price & Craft Specs | J.D. PowerMore freedom: You’re covered on all lakes, rivers and oceans within 75 miles of the ...

2003 Hobie Cat Corporation HOBIE CLASSIC WAVE Standard Equipment, Boat Value, Boat Price & Craft Specs | J.D. PowerMore freedom: You’re covered on all lakes, rivers and oceans within 75 miles of the ...

After more than a year of experimentation, Alter unveiled the Hobie Cat. The 14-foot catamaran was light enough for one person to carry and small enough to tow or even strap onto a car roof.

Whether he uses an original foam surfboard or his innovative catamarans, Hobie Alter is walking on water these days. Alter, 51, a native of Capistrano, Calif., has forged a financial empire in the … ...

Most people think the trade name Hobie Cat is the generic name for multi-hull crafts. The situtation is frustrating, but not intolerable for the world’s second- largest catamaran manufacturer.

Central New York area crews expected to compete in the races will include local Fleet 204 Hobie Cat 2010 national champion Hobie Wave sailor Mimi Appel from Marcellus, ; Liverpool area competitors ...

Surfboard pioneer Hobie Alter has died. He was the first to mass-produce foam surfboards, which helped popularize the sport. He went on to change sailing with his low-cost "Hobie Cat" catamaran.

But Alter’s design — the Hobie Cat 14, a small catamaran sailboat that became known as “the people’s boat” — changed the world of sailing when it was unveiled 50 years ago.

A skipper rigs his catamaran in preparation for the Hobie Wave 2023 North American Championship, which takes place on Onondaga Lake Sept. 13-16. Steve Featherstone | sfeatherstone@syracuse.com ...

Hobie Alter, an innovator whose ideas brought surfing and sailing to wide audiences, died this weekend. Here, one of his Hobie Cat sailboats is seen sailing past North Head in Sydney, Australia.