I just hope they don't destroy the molds, as they did with the Hobie 14. You never know when something is going to become popular again, like hiphugger pants and platform shoes.

On the other hand, I've been told that it is very easy to make new molds from existing hulls.

It seems like such a short time ago when the Hobie 17 was introduced and the company made a big splash by getting some hotshots to sail them at the Citrus Fest or the Red Lobster or whatever it was back then up in Sanford, Florida. The late, great Carlton Tucker was the main hotshot guy, and I remember us sitting there on our Hobie 18, resting before a race, and there came Carlton on the new Hobie 17, zooming past us, flying a hull, big grin on his face, and making it look like the funnest boat in the world.