| Wave or H16? #18154 03/31/03 08:54 PM 03/31/03 08:54 PM |
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 28 Titusville, Florida Gus OP
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Posts: 28 Titusville, Florida | Hey everyone. Thanks in advance for your advice if you can help.
I've been a "once in a while" sailor since a kid, but now I have kids of my own. This is my dilema...
I'm a big guy (~250 lbs.) and I have 3 kids, and girl friend that want to sail with me. I now own a 14' mono hull, but want to upgrade to a cat. The cat being better in the shallow Indian River waterway.
That was then...I owned a H14, but with me and 2 kids it would almost sink. I owned a H16, but my skill level was shakey and my kids were too young to help me step the mast. Then I owned a Sunfish, and that was a lot of fun, but it would only hold 1 other sailor.
This is now...I am reconsidering an H16 or a Hobie Wave. My kids are now a bit older, and my married daughter has since become an avid H16 sailor. I am still a bit nervous about the power of an H16, but I figure I can outfit it in balmy breezes with the old H14 sail I still own. Can anyone make a recommendation of the Hobie Wave for me and my cirsumstance? Or should I bite the bullet and get a 16 and grow into it? I would also like to get a firm grip on carrying capacity of all of these craft if anyone has an idea.
Thanks for reading, and I welcome all replies.
Gus | | | Wave and Wave Add-On Will Work!
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#18155 04/02/03 09:03 AM 04/02/03 09:03 AM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | Hi Gus, I would highly recommend the Wave for a number of reasons: 1) It is the fastest growing class in the world and has a solid class association behind it (Class Association is International Hobie Wave Class Assn -- IHWCA, Web Site is http://www.waveclass.org(not NAHCA where all classes die for being on their back burner) 2) It is a great youth boat, and a great adult boat, being able to hold up to four adults and still sail pretty well. 3) It is hard to capsize and yet very easy to right 4) The Class holds two major events per year -- the Nationals are held the first weekend in December yearly in Key Largo, FL, and the North Americans are held in various spots annually in the summer time. Awards are given to Open, Women, Youth and Masters. 5) The class also has a series of regattas scattered around the country that make up the Wave National Series Championship. 6) I have done the Research and Development of an Add-On Kit for the Wave that adds a Hooter System (roller-furling spinnaker), blade jib and trapeze wire that makes the boat equal in speed to a Hobie 16. So, if your kids get bored with the uni Wave, just snap on the Add-On Kit and you have a hot cat as well. It is a great platform. And the kit gives the kids all the strings they would pull, if they were sailing a Olympic Tornado. Rick | | |
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