My 12 yr old niece pointed out to some H16 sailors who could not understand why she is bored on a H16 ... " I started racing at 9yrs old on a P19MX but my Uncle thought it was best that we race his TheMightyHobie18 when trapped out, I turned into a human ping-pong ball bouncing of the mast ... the forstay ... the jib and front crossbar ...
My heart just stopped when I heard that "BONGGgggg" of the diamond wires ... how we saved the boat from flipping I still do not know. The crazy thing is that Megan has been politicing to race the P19mx this season along w/ the TheMightyHobie18. Kids are tough and want to be challenged ...but
I'll give you the biggest lessons I learned that day: 1) Know when to Quit, set limits and stick to them (the wind had picked up to 5 knots above our agreed/set limit) 2) Do not second quess your decisions about safety as there is always tomorrow.
Safety First
Sail Flat, Sail Fast
HarryMurphey
H18mag/#9458, Fleet 54/Div11
P19mx w/spin /#86, CRAC
Hey Harry,
I completely agree with the conclusions at the end of this post, but you were really losing me there at the beginning.
I can't imagine any crew of any age that would be bored of a Hobie 16 that is raced well, i.e. competitively at the top of the pack in your Division, D11. That is one tough nut to crack. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Wicked Steph, but she's been around the world at the top of the game before moving to the Tiger.
So which boat were you using when you were bouncing your niece off the harware? And how does that make it an inferior boat? Or were you making some other point there??? <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
Mike
