Choosing a boat: Hobie 17 Opinions and Alternatives

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Hobie 17 Opinions and Alternatives

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Topic: Hobie 17 Opinions and Alternatives

Posted By: Gladys
Subject: Hobie 17 Opinions and Alternatives
Date Posted: 13 Jul 09 at 5:57pm

Bit of a quandry here and any help or opinions is great!

I'm a 14 year old experienced cadet sailor based in brightlingsea and wanting to get on the cat scene.

I've been having problems due to the fact that i want a single hander that can sail with 2/3 cadet inexperienced crew or friends my size double handed.

Being 6ft and 13 stone I am too large for anything under 16foot to race single handed competitivley and i've recently noticed a few cheap >£2000 hobie 17's i just wondered if anyone had any suggestions or advice.

PS i've got a budget of around 3500-4000 but some left over would be nice for a car fund.

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