Naples is such a nice area --you are fortunate to have such a beautifull area to sail, lived there several decades ago --
I raced Hobie 21s way back when--they had elevated hiking racks and spin set up, you sheeted the kite off the hiking rack which made for better sheeting angle and open slot--funny though--if you forgot to tie in the hiking racks the spin would pull them right out of their hull insert and you would have a rack flyng around in the air at the end of the spin sheet. The hiking racks were not a problem and actually very nice to trap off being higher and further out from the hull --less spray and better visuals.
Noticed Morelli Melvin design already offering a 45 ft foiling cat on their website for club racing--interesting.
Last edited by Carl; 09/17/13 08:51 PM.