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All the F14's, F16's, F18's, yada yada ad infinitum are trying to be as sophisticated but are simply VW's by comparison.


Sorry, Bern, but you're going to have to come up with a more creative analogy if you want to have any credibility here. Warbird, Wouter, et. al. have worn that one out on the Hobie 16.

Off the top of my head, others used for the Hobie 16, but not so worn are:

Agricultural (don't quite get that one, must be a NZ thing)
Harley-Davidson
GM
Boat for thrashing monkeys
Dinosaur

Jerome Vaughan
Clinton, Mississippi
Own a 1972 VW SuperBeetle Convertible.
Born in the Mississippi Delta (how agricultural is that!).
Drove a few Harleys.
Own a 1995 Buick LeSabre.
Still considering Thrashing Monkey for a boat name.
Burn more than my share of dead dinosaurs in my big-butt truck.