It was fun. It has a wide long **** It flys a hull (or heels ?) at ~10kts. It tacks ok. Minimal sail controls.

I hated the main sheet on the rudder. It needs a boom (an option) and a vang. With a boom I would go to center sheeting.

The reefing main made it is easy to dock. It is like a non tippy laser. It would be great as a lake toy or to race with small monohulls.

I like the Laser Vortex better. The Wave is faster and with a hooter would be a lot more fun on summer evening.

Don't count these silly little boats out. Years ago, we had our end of the season fall race. It started as a singlehanded race but we had to double up because it was so windy. In the middle of the race, we were hit by a 60+ kts microburst (lets put it this way, all the J22's in a nearby race were knocked down and one rolled and sank). Afterwards the only boats that stayed upright were a Hobie 18, with a shredded jib and an almost broken forestay and a Hobie 12, the predecessor to the Bravo.

That was the first sail for that Hobie 12. The man had bought it for ~$100 on the side of the road. When the puff hit, the boat went into irons and he rode it out hanging onto the mast. I never saw him again.