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A de-rigged Hobie 16 Hobie 16. The Hobie 16 is manufactured in France by the Hobie Cat company, and by the Hobie Cat of America company in the United States. [citation needed] The Hobie 16 normally carries two sails, the mainsail and the jib. There is a kit to allow an H16 to fly a spinnaker but this is only class legal for youth racing ...
The Hobie Alter Cup is a long-running invitational championship of catamaran champions named after Hobie Alter who made beach catamaran sailing a very popular sport worldwide in the 1970s. The event was generally a five-day, round-robin on manufacturer-supplied boats to ensure the competition was a test of sailing skill and influenced by ...
The Hobie Wave is a recreational sailboat, with its hulls made from rotomolded polyethylene and an aluminum mast. It has a catboat single sail rig, or, optionally a fractional sloop rig. The mainsail is fully battened and does not employ a boom. It has plumb stems, reverse transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by a tiller and no keel. It ...
The mainsheet has a 10:1 mechanical advantage while the mainsail Cunningham is 16:1 and jib Cunningham is 4:1. It displaces 280 lb (127 kg) empty and ready-to-sail. [1] [3] [5] For sailing the design is equipped with a 188 sq ft (17.5 m 2) asymmetrical spinnaker. [1] [3] [5]
Hobie Bravo hull on a launch dolly Hobie Bravo showing the single rudder configuration. The Bravo is a recreational sailboat, with the dual hulls and cockpit made from rotomolded polyethylene and an aluminum rotating mast, supported by a bi-pod instead of standing wire rigging.
See Hobie 16 which suggests sitting on the rear of one sponson, which will upturn a turtled Hobie. Even some large multihulls can be righted at sea—it is a long shot—provided that the skipper is well prepared, knows what they are doing, and has appropriate devices, tools, skills, a workable plan, cooperative waves, weather and wind, and ...
The Dart 16 is a modern beach catamaran that is fast, affordable, and seaworthy. Like most Dart catamarans except for the Dart 20 EXP it lacks the main boom, as well as daggerboards, spreaders, and complicated trimming mechanisms. The lower part of the hulls have skegs typical for a beach catamaran.
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