I was just looking at Hobie’s Spinnaker add-on package for the Hobie 16. I was interested because the Hobie 16 was not designed with the spinnaker in mind. I also know that the 16 is a pitch pole machine without the spinnaker. Does anyone have any experience putting a chute on a boat that was designed without a spinnaker in mind? How does it affect the boat handling? What goes into the decision of whether or not the boat can handle a spin?

I know I have seen pictures of a Prindle 18 with a spinnaker before (I think it was in a word document on a guy adding a spinnaker). Does anyone who’s boat that was or where the document is?

Matt