Hey bowtiewarrior,

Welcome to cat sailing. I am new myself and found a lot of help by downloading the Hobie 16 Assembly manual from Hobies website:

https://secure.hobiecat.com/www/sailing/part_manuals.html

Here are parts diagrams for the different Hobies:

http://www.hobiecat.com/sailing/part_diagrams.html

And a learn to sail guide from Hobie:

http://www.hobiecat.com/support/pdfs/HobieU.pdf

Also I purchased the book "Catamran Sailing from Start to Finish" by Phil Berman. I have found it to be a very good book. I know the first couple of chapters would be very, very basic for 99% of the folks on this board, but I found them to be very informative. So, if you are new to sailing cats, I would recommend it. This forum is watched by a lot of helpful folks, so I am sure they will help you along. They have certainly been a help to me.

Walter