i have only sailed a few times with a reefed hobie 16 but when i have the boat has sailed realy well, i i were you i would get a old hobie 16 sail and get a sailmaker to cut it down to the reefing point then the wire will still clip in and the boat will sail well, i sailed the boat as a 13 year old with my mate and we weighed 7 stone each so it was always fun in a 4 or 5 and i had a beautiful swiss girlfreind crewing for years and we weighed 17 1/2 stone between us and were often faster reefed than swimmin