hobie hydrofoil - possible?

Ya'll need to build at least a handful of rocketships to get the people talking.

We want a Hobie "ZO6 corvette" to dream about. My argument is the Vette helps sell Chevy Cobalts.

I'd buy one as soon as I could.

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Hi All,
My first post here on the Hobie forums.
Yes I am a Newbie to Cat sailing spending most of my life on mono hulls and looking forward to racing the H16 ive just brought.

Now, I am divided here as for 7 years I raced the Moth foilers and absolutley loved it! with out a doubt one of the most thrilling sailing experiences of my life with fantastic memories.

The only concern that I have is that the foiling "Bug" doesn't infest a class of boat that is already quite affordable to race.

As the years went on in the moths for example to buy a boat that would last you 5 competitive years fell to a Hull that would last you two with foils $$$ that you needed to update once a year.

If Hobie was to invest in this Great! but I'd hate to see it do what it has done to other classes for EG now you see Lasers on foils the A class cats now foil adding extra $$ to be competitive.

As much as I loved it at the time, I also like knowing that I will be able to turn up and race my 16 when the time comes without having a class divided over the foiling obsession (yes i realise the 16's dont have centre boards )

Look forward to following these forums

regards,
Grant

@ -- Tantrum

That was a Really GOOD post !!!!!!!!!!

It showed a prospective, that a Lot of people , would not have considered.

Bille

Very different class concepts. The A-Cat and the Moth classes are as much (or more) about the design of the boat and pushing new concepts and technology to get ever increasing performance within a specific set of design constraints.

The H16 class, and all the Hobie one-design classes, are all about the sailors - using your skill as a sailor to get the most performance from the existing design. So there is virtually zero risk of any existing Hobie classes going down the path of foiling - historically, much less drastic changes to the designs have always been shot down.

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