It seems like it would be fun. It looks like it would be fun. But I just don't know.
I like the sailing it on one haul and the trapeze aspect. But is it a thrill a minute, a real rush? Does it get old, dull, and boring? Or does it
never get old?
Who here has been on one?
If anyone here likes "old school" or appreciates things from "back in the day" because you were there; here's a couple from back then.
Here's a fine kite video from "back then"
macboy - 14-7-2011 at 09:45 PM
Hobie Wave...just over a month ago. I'm officially torn between two lovers when the wind blows. The Wave is their entry-level, resort platform kinda
self righting unit. Very small and manageable and stable enough to lock a hull in and get the other one soaring. It's quite a feeling. Makes me wish
kites had tell-tales on them but I guess the physics are a bit different Kamikuza - 14-7-2011 at 09:48 PM
Dunno if it was a Hobie but I sailed a cat in Bintan with the wife ... they haul ass in a gnat's fart of wind :o got it up on one hull for a few
seconds but the wife nearly tumbled out into the water was a bit of a handful
sailing it single-handed but I thought I did a good job
And ... Rev's are still NOW Looking_Up - 14-7-2011 at 09:51 PM
Love them also turned on when riding the wind erratic winds - 15-7-2011 at 12:13 AM
plenty of time on em, always good fun. Takes some balls to get in the harness and get out on the riggers, but good fun.
if you got a couple hundred to spend and a whole bunch of elbow grease stored up, you can get one on craigslist for a few hundred and have quite a
good time with it.(you'll have to spend a couple hundred more fixin it up, of course. total always under 1k)kitesurfer - 15-7-2011 at 03:50 AM
I'VE owned a hobie 14, 16 and 18 and have some time on the 18 magnum (with wings). all are good and lots of fun. but if you can find one, get a G
CAT. it has a front tramp and huge hulls. it won't pitch pole like a h16. I could step the mast by myself with no effort at all. they are hard
to find now... an 18sq meter is a fun and stupid fast cat too. that was my favorite.PHREERIDER - 15-7-2011 at 05:39 AM
bunch of cat time here. jammin fast in about 10-15mph of breeze . few years totally solo on a mountain of horizon and back rides all day. balance
and "fly" feel like KITE stuff when on the wire.
i like prindle. a 16 prindle is the fastest shelf cat, thats not a custom race, THAT one MAN CAN RUN. an 18 can be done but you need Xtra weight
bags/and board to right. anything bigger than 16 really is 2 man. except maybe a hobie 17.
no dagger boards! and its easy fast and fun.
cats tracks THE most precious part of the set up! if you're a beach cat situation, they are essential to the solo ride practice. hobies' are fun but
too much porpoise action for my taste, prindle ..cut like razor, deep and fast!pokitetrash - 15-7-2011 at 07:05 AM
I just got one a few months ago and love it! 5 knots is boring but you get 10 or above and you can fly a hull and get spray off the rudders. Anyone
tells you sailboats are boring, show them the you tube vids about guys water skiing behind a Hobie. Havent "trapped out" yet because I haven't been in
enough wind but I have had enough wind to make it scary fun, flying a hull and passed pontoon boats going flat out. Get one, just take a good look at
the hulls and make sure there are NO soft spots --you can have a catastophic hull failure depending on where the soft spot is. Replace the rigging on
an old boat unless it looks cherry. A couple hundred bucks there will keep your mast on!
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