I should have known better than to buy a Hobie....



But I liked the new design of the Hobie FX-One, I like the advertised weight. I liked the set-up. I had not sailed a Hobie since 1989 when I sold my 1985 Hobie 16, and thought maybe things had changed. (My wife and I were tired of all the cuts and bruises). Since then I purchased 3 Nacra's brand new. Loved them all.



I was promised the FX-One in Mid-May. At the end of May the boat was held up in customs. I didn't get it until early June (had to burn two precious vacation days driving back and forth to the dealer trying not to lose another weekend of sailing season). Then I get home and it's the wrong mast or something is wrong with it. Too long by 8 inches. After many phone calls, E-mails, etc., Hobie finally decides the fastest solution would be for me to cut off the top of the mast and re-install all the head fittings. They Fed-Ex the parts, but guess what? Air Traffic Controller strike in France!. So I probably won't get the parts until next week. By the time I'm done cutting and re-drilling, it will be July. I've missed half of the Wednesday night series, the Chesapeake 100 (one of the main races I planned for the new boat), and I'm paying a BIG loan payment for a boat I haven't sailed yet.



I should have known better...



Steve

Hobie FX-One "Tall Mast"