When I looked at bringing my Wave up to racing standards for another year, I decided it was time to buy a new one. In the process I have learned at least 2 things.

#1)Hobie needs to offer a Wave SE model. At a minimum a club with EPO rudders. Pentex sails and a bias cut tramp would be nice.

In my case it was a lot cheaper to buy a Classic and replace Tramp than order a Club(the Classic had cheap shipping). It's turning out that swapping parts(EPO rudders, Tramp) is more work than I expected.


#2) My compliments to Hobie on actually being able to sell me a boat. There are a lot of cool 14 ft Cats on the internet and tested in magazines(Topaz, NACRA 460, Goodall 430, etc) but have you ever stood there with money in hand and tried to buy one? There was a Wave in stock at KO or I could have ordered one and expected delivery in a couple of weeks. The only other certain delivery was a IFG Cheshire and all their boats are built to order. NACRA is FUBAR and the rest were ?

Last edited by carlbohannon; 03/20/14 01:00 PM.