So he invented the lightweight Hobie Cat, a craft small enough to be strapped onto the roof of a car and light enough to be carried down to the beach and launched from the sand. "Some people have ...

PALM DESERT — Hobart "Hobie" Alter, who helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the "Hobie Cat" sailboat, has died. He was 80. Alter died Saturday at ...

Back in the heyday of Hobie Cat, when Hobie Alter himself was still hanging around the laid-back Southern California catamaran facility, the company came out with some unusual (for them ...

“I get this post from this woman out walking her dog who says there's a bench in the water down by the seawall,” Harris ... so we had a Hobie cat it was the exact Hobie that he sailed and ...

A podium decorated with Hobie surfboards and a Hobie Cat sailboat set the scene at Aliso Creek Inn and Golf Course, where deer roamed around the gathering. Old Woodies were parked on the course ...

The two are members of Hobie Cat Sailing Fleet 204, which is headquartered at Lower South Bay on Oneida Lake. A Hobie Cat is a twin-hull sailboat with fabric connecting the hulls. It was invented ...

The situation Loufek is referring to is the majority of people aren’t aware there are other catamarans besides the Hobie Cat, the world’s largest multi- hull class. Most people think the trade ...