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  2. Hobie 14 - Wikipedia

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    The Hobie 14 was the initial design produced by Hobie Cat and led to a large family of similar boats that have been produced in numbers exceeding 200,000. [1]The design was built by Hobie Cat in the United States from 1967 until 2004 and in Europe until the late 2000s, but it is now out of production.

  3. Hobie Cat - Wikipedia

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    Hobie Alter sold the Hobie Cat Company to the Coleman Company in 1975. In 1982, Coast Catamaran (The official name of the Hobie Cat Company at that time) bought dinghy company Vagabond and its line of dinghy designs from Ron Holder and produced a series of dinghies (Hobie Hawk, Hobie Holder 12, Hobie Holder 14, Hobie Holder 17 & Hobie Holder 20) and monohulls in the 1980s and 1990s, including ...

  4. Catamaran - Wikipedia

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    Hobie 16 beachable catamaran. In the mid-twentieth century, beachcats became a widespread category of sailing catamarans, owing to their ease of launching and mass production. In California, a maker of surfboards, Hobie Alter, produced the 250-pound (110 kg) Hobie 14 in 1967, and two years later the larger and even more successful Hobie 16. As ...

  5. Sorrell Guppy - Wikipedia

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    Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1989-90 General characteristics Crew: one Length: 15 ft 3 in (4.65 m) Wingspan: 21 ft 3 in (6.48 m) Height: 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Wing area: 129 sq ft (12.0 m 2) Empty weight: 350 lb (159 kg) Max takeoff weight: 600 lb (272 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 377 piston aircraft engine, 32 hp (24 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 80 mph (130 km/h, 70 kn) Cruise speed ...

  6. B14 (dinghy) - Wikipedia

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    The B14 is designed with a low center of gravity for added stability and an open transom, to help the boat to drain itself quickly and without need of a self-bailer.

  7. Topcat - Wikipedia

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    2005 The 4.5 model was released, to address the low load-carrying capacity of the entry-level model. The 4.5 was renamed K4 in 2013, and relaunched as a youth-crew model. For young sailors the Topcat Chico model was developed.

  8. International FJ - Wikipedia

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    The International FJ is a Dutch sailboat that was designed by Uus Van Essen and Conrad Gülcher as a trainer and one design racer, first built in 1956. [1] [2] [3] [4]The boat was initially called the Flying Dutchman Junior (after the Flying Dutchman one design racer), as it was designed as a trainer for that Olympic sailing class boat.

  9. Lido 14 - Wikipedia

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    The Lido 14 is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with gold-colored anodized aluminum spars and a loose-footed mainsail . The hull features a spooned plumb stem , a near-vertical transom , a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard that is ...