tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181037.post8061806705049330584..comments2024-03-15T02:04:25.057-07:00Comments on outside of the bubble: Endless summerdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13943762436600028853noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181037.post-74534351371320423432014-04-17T14:56:08.719-07:002014-04-17T14:56:08.719-07:00And now you have the woman too! :)And now you have the woman too! :)Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465092770336000846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181037.post-23668003928605999872008-09-15T20:57:00.000-07:002008-09-15T20:57:00.000-07:00Yes, that's my boat and me on it. It doesn't look...Yes, that's my boat and me on it. It doesn't look that big in the picture but it has a lot of sail area and horse power for it's size and weight. The hulls have little resistance. <BR/><BR/>It's a Hobie 16, 16 feet long and about 8 feet wide. The mast is about 26 feet tall or so. It might be a little taller I can't remember. The sails are fully battened. (have horizontal ribs in them like a windsufer sail) That keeps the sail in shape. <BR/><BR/>Hobie Cats were the fastest thing on the water until windsurfers came along. The Hobie 16 is a classic, and one of, if not the most popular one design sailboat classes of all time and for good reasons. Simplicity and high performance.<BR/><BR/>It has an asymetrical hull design. That allows it to not have keel boards and still sail into the wind, and you can easily beach it. The hulls each have a convex inner shape that gives the boat a sort of lift/ stability while going to windward. When you fly the hull and are sailing with only the leward hull in the water the wing shape of it "lifts" the boat windward in the water. Makes it look cool too.<BR/><BR/>But what I really like is the ride. It slices through the water and is really smooth. It kind of bounces, unlike regular sailboat that has to smash through each wave.donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13943762436600028853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28181037.post-39150549175686062932008-09-15T16:44:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:44:00.000-07:00Is that your Hobie Cat? The water is just sparkli...Is that your Hobie Cat? The water is just sparkling in that photo!Diane Lowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898894464529991935noreply@blogger.com