Doing some 2008 fact checking (my info was getting dated and I grave accuracy)

Hobie Max (a boat I actually like alot in concept)

Standard version (Dacron, no spi or selfacker, pretty bare) : 12.380 Euro's
Race version (pentex, spi, selftacker, carbon rudders) : 17.390 Euro's


Hobie FX-one

Standard version (Polyester/glass/alu, only a mainsail) : 13.990 Euro's
Fully rigged version (polyester/glass/alu, selftacker+jib, spi+snuffer) : 17.470 Euro's


Hobie 16 :

Standard version : 10.700 Euro's
Youth version (=+spi) : 12.590 Euro's


Now a bit of a shocker :

Hobie Tiger :

Tiger STX (the race version but WITHOUT a spinnaker) : 16.780 Euro's
Tiger STX + spin and snuffer : 18.770 Euro's

The Tiger used to be alot cheaper in the past.


Now as interest to the F12's

Hobie Bravo : 4.032 Euro's


Anybody still want to buy a Hobie Fox at 20.500 Euro's ?


Hobie Pacific (Thre skeg version of the Tiger for recreational sailors/racers)

Standard (Hong Kong Dacron sails, no spi, no selftacker) : 14.440 Euro's
Nice version (+ spi and decent pentex sails) : 17.120 Euro's


And for the kids Hobie Dragoon :

Standard version (almost nothing there) : 6390 Euro's
Decent version for youth Euro's (spi, snuffer, selftacker, decent mainsail, Mast rotation control) : 8960 Euro's


And now for the competition


Nacra 500/nacra inter 17 /nacra infusion : was not able to track down the 2008 pricing.


Stealth F16 full carbon/pentex except beams and fully maxed out doublehander : 13.131 Euro
VWM Blade F16 vinylester/glass/alu/pentex fully maxed out doublehander : 14.500 Euro
AHPC Viper F16 similar to Blade specs : 14.750 Euro

Singlehanders of each is about 1000 to 1500 Euro's cheaper.

Formula 12's not available commerically yet although a project is setup that is going to produce ready-to-sail F12's. Currently homebuilding a F12 takes about 3000 Euro's and will give a boat of the same performance as a Hobie 14 but much lighter and more agile. Current version all come with small daggerboards and only a mainsail.


Wouter