I really don't understand you all about the problem of setting up and taking down a Hobie. It takes me 15 to 20 minutes solo to set up, raise the mast, and launch and another 10 minutes raising the sail on the beach. It takes me as long to open up my catboat which is in a boat slip essentially ready to go. There I have to take off a cover, open the cabin, stow my gear, get out cushions, take off a sail cover, hook up the fuel line and start the motor.

Setting up a Hobie (16) is not a problem. There used to be a lot more Hobies where I sail than there are now. More boats meant more people were exposed to it. As the number dropped, the exposure was less. I took people out on an initial ride and within a few months saw them again with their own boats. I remember one fellow told me he knew they were fast but he had no idea they were that fast. He had just bought a monohull which he sold to get a Hobie.

Howard