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| Author: | BonaFide [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | What the heck is this!!!! |
I know it's not a trifoiler but it says Hobie and it's a tri ripping across a bay sooo read on. Somebody sent me a youtube vid knowing I love big fast sailing trimarans. I was lovin' the whole thing until about 2:05 when I caught a very brief glimpse of some gangley looking single sail Hobie tri that was on plane ripping across some Euro bay. It's brief so be ready to hit pause at 2:05..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWINygISxDE What the heck was that!! I want more and I want to build one.... Mike the envious. |
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| Author: | MBounds [ Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What the heck is this!!!! |
It's not a Tri-foiler. It's a custom one-off foiler with a Hobie 20 rig. |
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| Author: | BonaFide [ Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What the heck is this!!!! |
As close as I've come is that the clip was filmed from an event in Europe in 2005 so maybe it was a debut run of some "Frankenboat" pasted together out of spare parts by some inventive Frenchy that didn't make prime time. Intriguing for sure. I know from experience that it's really hard to keep a planing hull upwind which is why a foil serves to lessen wetted surface while also creating some lateral resistance. Now that I'm too creaky to windsurf any longer I'm starving for speed in a reasonably priced rig that I can sit on but I keep drawing a blank.... Mike |
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| Author: | andercranster [ Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: What the heck is this!!!! |
BonaFide wrote: Now that I'm too creaky to windsurf any longer I'm starving for speed in a reasonably priced rig that I can sit on but I keep drawing a blank.... Check this out, for the rehearsal dinner for my first marriage our minister was late. He was 82 I believe. We figured he was just driving slow. He shows up in a wet suit, with more energy than any of us. He was on Canandaigua Lake wind surfing and lost track of the time  Also, wouldn't the Hobie Adventure Island meet your req's??? |
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