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The Hobie 14 is a World Sailing competition class. [5] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "The Hobie 16 and 18 ... are faster and perhaps more popular, but the Hobie 14 was the first ... This very fast boat has been clocked at over 24 mph ... Hobies are, with Sunfish, found at resorts all over the world. There are racing fleets to match.
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.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Hobie 14; Hobie 16; Hobie 17; Hobie 18; Hobie 33; Hobie Bravo; Hobie Getaway ...
The Prindle 18 is an American catamaran sailing dinghy that was designed by Geoffrey Prindle as a racer and first built in 1977. [1] [2] [3]Geoffrey Prindle had started out as a surfboard manufacturer but was also successful racing Hobie 14 catamarans and started his own line of boats, starting with the Prindle 16.
The average 8 foot width of the beachcat means it can also sit upright on the sand and is quite stable in this position, unlike a monohull of the same size. The Hobie 14 and Hobie 16 are two of the earliest boats of this type that achieved widespread popularity, and popularized the term as well as created the template for this type of boat. [1]
The International 14 is an International racing sailboat, crewed by two sailors.The class was established in 1928. [1] [2]The boat is a developmental sailing class and so the design rules and the boats themselves have changed dramatically over time to keep the International 14 at the leading edge of sailing technology.
The kick-up rudders are similar to the Hobie 16. The rigging consists of a rotating aero-dynamically shaped aluminum mast held by a forestay and two shroud wires. There is a trapeze for the crew. The mainsail does not have a boom. It is fully battened and is controlled by a main sheet with a 6:1 mechanical advantage.
The Comet is a single handed, one design racing dinghy available with three separate rigging [2] options: Standard, Xtra and Mino, that can be raced competitively alongside each other.