humm,

We have had the Hobie wave and other "cool" hobie small boats for many many years now. Apart from the fleet fromed around Ricks efforts we have no succes with these boats anywhere in the world.

And before anybody starts singing praise about the Dragoon, that is a GLASS fibre boat that is raced in France and some in UK and that isn't cheap either.

But I guess anybody who points this out is just a A-hole. probably suffering from some kind of irrational and fanatical hatred for anything hobie (except the Tiger F18 and FX-one and other "un-cool" modern Hobie boats).

Well something like that anyway.

If we just all submit ourselves to the Hobie God of catsaling then everything will be alright overnight.

By they way, why did Hobie feel the need to design no less then 8 different small (youth) boats inside 10 years ? ( http://www.hobie-cat.net/site_gb/?produits,produits )

Hobie Advance
Hobie Bravo
Hobie Catsy
Hobie Teddy
Hobie Twixxy
Hobie Wave
Hobie Maxx
Hobie Dragoon

Come to think of it, why did hobie Corp design the FX-one if everything was just a O.K. with the H16 ?

I guess Hobie corp doesn't need to play by the same rules as the rest of the world right ?

If non-hobie sailors make a new class then it only takes away from "succesful" hobie classes like the Wave and H16 , but when Hobie corp itself designs new boats and forms new classes that directly compete with these then everything is dandy, right ?

Or something like that anyway.

Wouter