Is it a 14 turbo or just a plain 14? My first cat, and the first boat that I owned myself was a hobie 14 that had no jib (not turbo). This boat was deffinately worthwhile, but then it was given too me. If I were going to actually spend money, I would not recommend a hobie 14 unless it has a jib. The reason being that even if I moved my weight the way I was supposed too, I could only get the thing to tack correctly about 2/3 times. I was forever backing the sail, backing up the boat to head off in the direction i wanted. A real pisser when I start racing the boat a little bit. Like i said though, I think that there are much better bang-for-your-buck boats out there.