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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 ...
Sailing at the 2014 Asian Games – Hobie 16; Sailing at the 2015 Pan American Games – Hobie 16 This page was last edited on 29 June 2023, at 12:53 (UTC). Text is ...
The Hobie 18 was designed to be not only fast but also rugged. It is designed to be sailed by a crew of two, but can easily carry four passengers when cruising. Experienced sailors can sail the Hobie 18 solo. Unlike the Hobie 14 and 16, the Hobie 18 has symmetrical hulls, using daggerboards to maintain course stability. The boat features a ...
Hobie 16 class sailing competitions (5 P) ... Hobie 16 This page was last edited on 12 February 2018, at 23:58 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Without dagger boards but with a large sail area to weight ratio (the "16" weighed 325 lb (147 kg) at its inception and, with over 350 sq ft (33 m 2) of sail), the initial Hobie designs were able to sail into and out of heavy surf safely. The asymmetric hulls reduced lateral drift which made dagger board-dependent designs more difficult to ...
The Hobie 16 competition of the sailing events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 12 to July 19 at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club. [1]Points were assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.).
While sailing a 16-foot boat offshore may sound fool hardy the Hobie 16 is the most ideal vessel for offshore sailing because its sail plan is low tech and allows the boat to be sailed up to 30 knots of wind by a person with reasonable skills while its strong hull and no centre board allows it to sail over shallow water and contact reefs with ...
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 ...