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I would guess the majority of Hobie's customer base is anglers.

Hell I didn't know a Hobie had anything to with sailing until I started searching for a catamaran. All I knew is they made heavy as hell kayaks that I hated helping people portage

Not at all, but a nice business segment. Sailing and recreational kayaking still rule. In fact... the Hobie Mirage Island kayaks are the number one selling small sailboats in the World! We sell thousands of sail kits for the kayaks too. We are building sailing back up from the base.

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Matt Miller
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Hobie Cat USA

yea, but you sell them to fishermen

Wingnutt :

Shhhh, thats a closely guarded secret that the AI/TI Island boats give fishermen a huge advantage over everyone else doing kayak fishing. They can go out further, into heavier conditions, and much faster than anything else out there. If everyone knew about them, we would lose our huge advantage over everything else in the water. Lets just keep it on the down low.
Bob

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Matt Miller
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Hobie Cat USA

Just found this thread - hope I can watch the old episodes. This is a great idea. So much on TV is all the same and there are almost no hobby shows except for woodworking on PBS.

Well.... so far all the programming is focused on Hobie Kayak fishing. This is good for fishermen and the boats are very good, but it looks like Hobie sailing will not be featured. This is not an issue for me,as I do my fishing out of a Lund, my extra money goes into my Hobiecat sailboats. The company needs to make money, and the fishing and sailing kayaks are a great way to do that.

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Bodhisatfa

Sailing will be featured in future shows.

You can view all of the shows (after they air) here: http://www.hobiecat.com/community/hobie-outdoor-adventures/

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Whew - I was worried no sailing would be included too.

They have started the series with footage that was "in the can" and more easily produced into shows. I have been told that there will be segments on Cat sailing, Island sailing, Hobie Worlds in the future.

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA

Brilliant ,very good news indeed.

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Bodhisatfa

Islands this week!

Transparent sea episode will air this Thursday @ 8:30 Pacific. The first segment of the show will be wintertime fishing in Alabama and the second segment is Transparent sea. http://transparentseavoyage.com/

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Matt Miller
Director of Parts and Accessory Sales
Hobie Cat USA