[DryArmour]

Too much fun! [Video]

HOBIE WAVES IN PITTWATER

[PHM]

Damn, that does look fun! My 13 year old daughter has been asking to get a cat...

[Oxygen Mask]

I found the Wave to be a yes-no boat.
It's simple, delightfully easy to sail, tacks well, etc.
But it's slow. Painfully so.
It takes 20-25 to fly a hull!
Absolutely great for resort tourists and 13 year olds....

[vmg]

DryArmour, on Nov 7 2009, 04:32 PM, said:

Too much fun! [Video]

HOBIE WAVES IN PITTWATER

That's one CLASH track mullered then!

please refer to; www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwm1v1R-qM&feature=fvw

[Captain Bastard]

Oxygen Mask, on Nov 8 2009, 04:30 AM, said:

I found the Wave to be a yes-no boat.
It's simple, delightfully easy to sail, tacks well, etc.
But it's slow. Painfully so.
It takes 20-25 to fly a hull!
Absolutely great for resort tourists and 13 year olds....

I loved the lack of sharp pieces and simplicity as well...but turd slow! Sold my boat this summer.

[Evil Gnome]

I've got one and think its great, take it away for holidays, go fishing, sail with the kids, wave riding at Trial Bay(bottom turns, cutbacks even did a floater last year)sailed from Yamba to Grafton last year, not an F18 but wasn't meant to be, sailing downwind with your back steering the tiller crossbar with a rum in one hand and legs crossed very relaxing, couldn't do that with an F18.

[PHM]

Oxygen Mask, on Nov 8 2009, 01:30 AM, said:

I found the Wave to be a yes-no boat.
It's simple, delightfully easy to sail, tacks well, etc.
But it's slow. Painfully so.
It takes 20-25 to fly a hull!
Absolutely great for resort tourists and 13 year olds....

After seeing the Weta thread I think I have a new plan anyway.....

[toe72]

We have one at the cottage and it is fantastic...no-sailing friends can bash it against the docks/rocks and not hurt it...it depowers easily and I can take 4 kids out with me...there are beer holders in the tramp as well....
If it were just "Me"...I'd be in an A-Class....but what can ya do.

[Africat]

toe72, on Nov 17 2009, 09:36 PM, said:

If it were just "Me"...I'd be in an A-Class....but what can ya do?

Buy both an A-cat and a Hobie Wave?!? :lol:

Or get an F16, like the AHPC Viper?

[abc123]

DryArmour, on Nov 7 2009, 08:32 AM, said:

Too much fun! [Video]

HOBIE WAVES IN PITTWATER

They have a line of these at Bitter End Yacht Club (Virgin Gorda) for the guests to play on....a little sticky, but bullet-proof and proper for the venue!

[Surf City Racing]

Africat, on Nov 17 2009, 11:01 PM, said:

toe72, on Nov 17 2009, 09:36 PM, said:

If it were just "Me"...I'd be in an A-Class....but what can ya do?

Buy both an A-cat and a Hobie Wave?!? :lol:

Oh, come on Africat. A Wave is just like an A-class! :D

And if I'm not mistaken, conforms to the A class rules...and was designed by a dude that designed a mighty fine A class. :P

j

[hobie18rich]

J
Any time you want to race straight up Wave vs A cat I'll race you. Lets bet money on it too.

[John Williams]

Just pull a Berto' and set the lower wind limit at 25 knots. Boom goes the dynamite!

[Surf City Racing]

John Williams, on Nov 18 2009, 05:33 PM, said:

Just pull a Berto' and set the lower wind limit at 25 knots. Boom goes the dynamite!

Next time there's an A class regatta in the summertime in Santa Cruz I'm bringing a Wave. Surely I'll lose a few in the morning, but come 2 o clock... :P

j

[John Williams]

Time-tested strategy - position through attrition.