Hi Gary,
Good to see two things : the boat is handling the heavy stuff, and you`re having fun !
You raised a point I`ve had a question on for a while : the Hobie 18`s are still not slow boats when well-sailed. I know this is off-post, so please forgive me if I`m hijacking your thread. But I wonder how a Hobie 18 with spinnaker would go up against a Tiger ? Would cost a whole lot less to get going. I don`t know if you could race it as a F18 though. Any thoughts ?
We used to run the TheMightyHobie18's with cut down i14 kites before the tigers came along. The boat was definatly faster than a stock TheMightyHobie18 but it also requried a bow spreader bar which made for some ugly nose dives. All in all it was a bit of a pig compared to virtually any modern F18.
Michael
