Live slow, sail fast—that’s the Hobie way of life. Around 180 sailors from as far away as California, Florida, and Puerto ...

Prior to the Hobie Cat, invented by well-known surfboard maker Hobie Alter, sailing was for the elite. It was a sport reserved for members of yacht clubs who had the mega bucks it took to buy a big ...

Fifty years ago, Hobie Alter created the first-ever Hobie Cat catamaran on the stretch of beach in front of Wayne Schafer’s Capo Beach home. Schafer never could have imagined how far his friend’s ...

Hobie Alter was best known for his invention of the Hobie Cat, the lightweight, double-hulled sailboat that achieved worldwide popularity. Hobie Alter, inventor of the Hobie Cat.AP By the time Alter ...

PALM DESERT, Calif.—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 ...

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PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — 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 ...