HOBIE WILD CAT F18
Specifications
Hull
| LOA | 18 ft |
| Beam | 8.5 ft |
| Draft | 4.17 ft/ 0.59 ft min |
| Displacement | 397 lb |
| Material | 16’ 7”5.05 m |
Accommodation
| CE category | 811 |
About the HOBIE WILD CAT F18
Designed to F-18 rule. Replaces HOBIE TIGER 18.
Performance
Market Price
Asking price by model year
5 listings · boat years 1983–2014 · median $4,900
Each dot is one listing · hover for details · dashed red line marks the median · obvious data-entry outliers (top & bottom 2.5%) excluded.
Estimated Cost of Ownership
Based on 18ft LOA. Actual costs vary by condition, usage, and local rates.
Known Issues & Pre-Purchase Inspection
We don't have enough data on the HOBIE WILD CAT F18yet to publish model-specific findings we'd stand behind — but here's a free general inspection checklist, built from our research into what actually goes wrong on boats of this kind.
Drawn from 7,029 documented issues across 2,391 models, ordered so the areas that most often turn up problems come first.
Own a HOBIE WILD CAT F18? Reports from owners are what turn this into a model-specific checklist — and they're the reason the boats above it have one.
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