You call yourself MauganH17 as in H17 = Hobie 17 and you think that you can't fit under the boom of an F16 ? I nearly fell on the floor when I read that one as I've never sailed with a boom setup as low as on the good old H17 ! I had to slither underneath the H17 boom and still have my bouyancy aid hang up on the boom. In the end I just went from one side of the boat to the other by passing in front of the mast.
Theres a couple good reasons why I don't sail the H17 anymore, and this was one of them Vouter.
I really wonder wether you have ever sampled the height under the F16 boom seriously.
Been on a taipan 4.9 Very uncomfortable for me. Sorry its just the god's honest troof. I don't sail F18's and have never ever in my whole life stepped foot on a H16.
There is 500 mm there = close to 2 feet clearing. F18 booms are lower; H16 booms are way lower.
My femur bone alone is more than 2 feet. Let me say that I have a hard time getting under the boom of the I20, Trey can attest to that, so can anyone thats been on the water and heard me cursing from miles away when I hit my head or get snagged on something. The whole reason I moved to catamarans in the first place (well aside from the adrenalin rush of the speed) was because of the total lack of any kind of space on dinghies. You ever tried racing a 420? I did, and my shins hated me. I like big boats (relatively speaking) and big wide open trampolines with plenty of room to organize the spaghetti and to stretch out when stuck on a windless day in the middle of the summer.
Ohh, and I just thought you were describing the magnitude of your prejudice !
No, its just the size of my disdain for your continued efforts to promote the F16 as the panacea of all catamarans for all sailors. If you truly realized how annoying it is to read every single "What boat should I get?" thread only to find its been perverted into another F16 group orgy, you'd cease and desist yesterday.
