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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.
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 ...
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 ...
The term "beachcat" was popularized by surf board designer Hobie Alter, who designed the paradigm-changing Hobie 14 in 1965 and Hobie 16 in 1967. The underlying concept of a small beachable multihull sailboat or canoe is thousands of years old. Single-outrigger boats, double-canoes (catamarans), and double-outrigger boats (trimarans) of the ...
The International Hobie Class Association describes the boat's sailing characteristics: "the 17 is a heavy air machine. The added leverage of the wings for trapezing makes the 17 go upwind like no other catamaran, and the main is easily depowered with a 6:1 downhaul, the mast rotator, 2:1 outhaul and a 7:1 mainsheet.
The Skipper 14 was first built in 1967. It is 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m) long and 5 ft (1.5 m) wide, with an overall depth of 0.63 m (2 ft 1 in). It has a mainsail area of 70.05 sq ft (6.508 m 2) and a jib area of 13.45 sq ft (1.250 m 2). The hull is constructed of glassfiber molding and weighs 160 lb (73 kg).
The Snipe is an American sailing dinghy that was designed by William F. Crosby as a one design racer and first built in 1931. [1] [2] [3] [4]The boat is a World Sailing recognized international class.