The Rave was developed here in Melbourne (Fl) at the Florida Tech marina. I sailed it a bunch of times around the intracoastal during development and it was a total blast. My max speed was 31 mph. You can pitchpole it if you try hard enough, but I never had that happen.

For a couple years they started buoy racing them in Florida, there were even special reaching courses for them at some events, but the wind never seemed to work out well. Same thing with the distance races, never seemed to get the right wind long enough. I raced one once in the Conch Cup in Miami, it was a long, slow ride.

Its a good boat to fun sail in the right winds. Setup with the special trailor is not too difficult. Ive never been on the Hobie version so cant comment on that.