Okay, I'm going to finally chime in here. If you want a novice boat that you, as a woman, can easily and safely sail by yourself and right it yourself and can raise the mast yourself and get it in and out of the water yourself, get a used Hobie Wave and a trailer and a set of beach wheels. And then if you quickly outgrow the boat and want to move up, give me a call, because we are always looking for used Waves to grow our fleets in Ohio and Florida.

Waves hold their value well and are in great demand for us old people and women and kids that are more interested in very tight one-design racing than flat-out speed. (None of us are novices; most of us are veteran racing sailors that are just going back to basics and also getting more women involved again.)
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mary@catsailor.com