Hep?
Get with it, daddios. Hep is hipper than hip. It’s in the pocket. It’s straight from the fridge. It’s copacetic. It’s the new Trudeau HepCat, our Son of a Beach(cat). Reap this righteous riff, this is one crazy SOB.
Instructions:
- Raise sails.
- Hang the hell on to something!
Dig:
- Flat ain’t where it’s at. HepCat’s sails, more curves than a Jayne Mansfield film fest. Bunnie Mills, Trudeau sail boss, is one wrascally wrabbit!
- The tramp is no lady. Nor is it a bindle-stiff. It’s a stage for skipper and crew to make sweet music upon, so blow, Roy, blow. Or play it solo. 4 positions per side. Hiking straps. Keep cool though, too much bouncing around on this tramp will upset HepCat’s balance with clinkers and put the kibosh on your speed.
- No kick from champagne. But plenty of kick from these rudders – HepCat turns on a dime. And a kick up… handy for sailing up on the beach, over ramps and other screwy exhibitions. Down… they can be a real drag, man. Up… not so much. Not much help in steering either. But don’t sweat it, you’ll be the wiser in no time.



- Circus act. We don’t dig jive clowns. But a high wire? Solid. HepCat has trapezes for all you daring young men (and women). If they asked if you were moving, tell them you were flyin’!
- Wig out. Or as the L7s call it, capsize. Hot dog it too much and you’ll get the bum’s rush into the drink. Don’t have a kitten though, moor HepCat and you’ll be sittin’ pretty again in no time.



- HepCat is lousy with sail choices. And for you egghead longhairs, all of them historically correct.
Glad rags to deck your cat out in:
Sails(2.5MB)
Hull (360K)
Trampoline (7.8MB)
Misc Parts (1.6MB)
Beach Cat Beach has gone Hep. Make the scene and dig the righteous Cats (cut a demo too!).
That’s the rap. Don’t be a chump, get Hep.
Go, Cab, Go!



May 31, 2011 @ 10:52:08
wow!..it is lovely..fast..frantic..I dig it
May 31, 2011 @ 18:22:10
If Om likes it, so do I !
http://metaversesailing.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/trudeau-hepcat-launch/
May 31, 2011 @ 15:25:29
Truly a lot of fun! I’ll be sailing my Hep Cat more than any of my other boats…of that I am sure!
May 31, 2011 @ 16:58:19
Been waiting for this one and patience has paid off. Another fine addition to the finest boats in SL and this time a pure Hot Rod! Thank you to the Trudeau Team.
May 31, 2011 @ 17:36:17
Jeez its nice :)
May 31, 2011 @ 18:16:49
Jun 01, 2011 @ 07:36:24
awesome!
what’s next… a remake of the sailrazor?
pretty please?
Jun 03, 2011 @ 11:16:22
Well i hope for the Knockabout next, as its my favorite :)
Think il be getting this Cat for as trip on the weekend, the Demo was lovely.
Jun 02, 2011 @ 16:23:55
Wooot!!!
this cat looks so much fun!
four years ago the BeachCat were my first one from the great Trudeau’s warft.
loved this cat and still do! have even in times of upcoming mesh, shadow, dof and so a early snappies from 21th of may 2007 as non-windlight up http://www.flickr.com/photos/dilspi/508397865/
wouldn’t give any words of sorry for this oldish and flat snappies, no i wouldn’t.
But can’t wait to get the new cat!
Thanks for this wonderful looking new cat :)
Jun 03, 2011 @ 14:35:24
Haha, Dil!
I just read your note above.
An hour ago I posted an article on memories of the old BeachCat,
and included a link to your great images of that boat.
You’re faster than me! :-)
http://metaversesailing.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/beachcat-memories/
Jun 29, 2011 @ 22:04:02
If you are dismayed by poor SL sim-crossings recently,
Let me comment that I think this boat is rather stable.
Tonight, I sailed it with the Leeward Cruising Duck…
A hundred sims later, both our species were still aboard and doing ok! :-)
http://metaversesailing.net/2011/05/30/trudeau-hepcat-launch/#comment-2233
Jul 20, 2011 @ 14:29:20
We used to have a Hobie 16 (80′s) with the sail colors on this page, and the HepCat I just bought is sort-of a time machine. ‘been flying around the Fruit Islands and having a blast. None of the Huds will work, however. Anybody else having problems? or maybe can offer some advice? thanks.
Jul 21, 2011 @ 18:13:48
Hi Rolf; my guess is your problems are SL-grid related (sim server issues).
Please see my note above, posted three weeks ago.
SL-server issues are frustrating, I agree, and I wasted many hours trying to find ‘boat script bugs’ in HepCat that turned out to be SL grid issues.
JT has the knowledge and insight; I’m just a sailor. However I think the launch version of HepCap was pretty solid and well-tested by many critical skippers.
As I mentioned in my prior note, I crewed on Chaos Mandelbrot’s HepCat for over 100 consectutive sims on June 29 without a major problem.
Since then I’ve had many ‘grid-problems’ sailing different boats, and I’ve even switched my preferred viewer to improve stability. My guess is that your problem is SL-related, not a HepCat issue.
I’d be very interested to learn about any issue you discover. :-)
Jul 21, 2011 @ 18:33:49
Rolf! Another comment:
1. J. Trudeau upgraded her original BeachCat and redesigned the new HepCat based on feedback from several RL small catamaran sailors. If you have recommendations about HepCat design or handling, please send JT a notecard in SL. That sort of feedback is pretty important :-).
I posted that Vin Mariani was critical of the very first BeachCat’s handling in 2007… his input was memorialized with a quick performance upgrade, and a BeachCat color was named after him. :-)
http://metaversesailing.net/2011/06/03/beachcat-memories/
Dec 01, 2011 @ 10:41:56
Sailed this lil cat recently. Gotta say it looks great and it sails like a dream. Absolutely a fun cat. Absolutely worth sailing.