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"

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

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

Love them also turned on when riding the wind

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)

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.

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!

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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