Indeed I strongly favour the Nacra 500 for these situations.

There is actually a Hobie Max sailing at my neighbouring club and he attends some club races hedl at my club from time to time. I have never seen a SL16 in the flesh.

Personally I think Hobie did the right thing with the Max, I looks like a good boat on a par with the Nacra 500 both in fitting out and performance. It has slightly better styling then the Nacra 500 but that is just cosmetic.

John, how much are they charging you for the SL16 ?

Proust sailing in France offers the club version of the Max for 11.500 Euro's (ex spi) and when comparing that to my late 2006 SL16 data is comparable after adding a spi.

Wouter