| Hobie Wave for light winds? better alternative? #153636 08/31/08 08:22 AM 08/31/08 08:22 AM |
Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 23 Southern Illinois rfarson OP
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Posts: 23 Southern Illinois | Greetings. I am thinking about buying a Hobie Wave but am worried it will be too slow in the usually light midwest winds. Is there a boat like the wave but with a little more mainsail? Or is there a reasonably easy way to make the Wave faster. By the way, most of the time the combined weight of the crew will be under 300 lbs.
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#153637 08/31/08 08:32 AM 08/31/08 08:32 AM |
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 24 central Maine wannahobie
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Posts: 24 central Maine | The next step up in size in the Hobie line is the Getaway. More pricy, but twice the sail area.If you sailing with a crew, you will much happier. The Wave is fairly zippy one-up, but get more aboard and it slows significantly. 300lbs is not alot for it though. That or add a Hooter!
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#153639 09/17/08 05:53 AM 09/17/08 05:53 AM |
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Posts: 24 central Maine | Rick, how about the blade jib mentioned in the superwave story? I looked in your store but could not find anything. Is this still under development? I like the way the jib blocks are minimally intrusive. Does this jib require an extreme amount of mast rake?
Jim
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#153641 09/18/08 02:25 PM 09/18/08 02:25 PM |
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Posts: 61 Albenarle NC | I do not know how the Getaway holds it value but the Wave sure does. I know of a lot of sailors looking for a Wave for a lot of different reasons. If you do not like it you should have no trouble getting your money back. Its a great boat and I have learned more on it than any boat I have ever owned, maybe becuase its so easy to set up. I go sailing when I would not have the time on other boats.
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#153642 09/19/08 07:38 AM 09/19/08 07:38 AM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite 
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | That is a very good point.., resale values. For our fleets at Put-in-Bay and Key Largo we have loads of people constantly looking for used Waves to join our fleet racing. By the way, first weekend in October is the Wave North American Championships in Duck, NC, right in your own backyard. Don't miss it. Great fun and you will learn a ton about sailing. Boats are available from Jon at Norbanks, who is hosting the regatta. Good luck, Rick | | | Re: Hobie Wave for light winds? better alternative?
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Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... Mary
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Posts: 5,558 Key Largo, FL & Put-in-Bay, OH... | You can't right a turtled Wave, singlehanded or manyhanded. That's why it has a bob on the top of the mast -- to keep it from turtling.
A capsized Wave (with the bob, of course)can be righted by a 110-pound woman or a couple of young kids.
If your friend for some reason does not have a bob on his mast, he needs to get one before he goes sailing.
The design of the Wave, along with its buoyancy, makes it just as happy and stable upside down as rightside up. | | | Re: Hobie Wave for light winds? better alternative?
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#167456 02/06/09 12:03 PM 02/06/09 12:03 PM |
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Posts: 94 | It would be impossible for Wave to go turtle with the bob. Rick I've managed once. I don't remember if I helped stuff it by trying to stay dry and go over the windward hull. I also managed to right it solo, but it took a while and I'm 220# Dan | | | Re: Hobie Wave for light winds? better alternative?
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | If it is windy, I rarely have to use the righting line.., just grab the lacings and lean back a bit. Not when it is turtled, however. But, then again, I have never turtled one. And I have been racing in 45 mph winds. Capsized several times, but never turtled. Rick | | |
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