sl16 v hobie max

   Hi

My club is looking at buying a hobie max or sl 16.

Any comments which people think is better.

The hobie looks a bit over priced.

Plus there seems to be very little information about the hobie max on the web, other then the hobie main site.

Is anybody actually sailing the max, or has it failed after lost the ISAF youth cat to the sl 16.

Bye

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JohnRs400 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 30 Mar 05 Location: Switzerland Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote JohnRs400 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: sl16 v hobie max Posted: 04 Mar 08 at 3:59pm
	Hi My club is looking at buying a hobie max or sl 16. Any comments which people think is better. The hobie looks a bit over priced. Plus there seems to be very little information about the hobie max on the web, other then the hobie main site. Is anybody actually sailing the max, or has it failed after lost the ISAF youth cat to the sl 16. Bye

Worthy Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 07 Dec 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 511	Post Options Post Reply Quote Worthy Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 08 at 4:38pm
	I haven't seen a Hobie Max since it lost the youth selection vote. Another boat to think about is the Nacra 500S. It has recently been 'pimped up' and is a great boat. There are some demo boats around at the moment, so if you want a go then shout and I will put you in contact with the relevant people. Edited by Worthy

Catsrule Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 10 Mar 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote Catsrule Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 08 at 8:46pm
	Haven't seen a single max, so suppose they ain't that great. I've seen the SLs out when i've been dragoon training, they look alright, but not really great, just like they don't seem to fly a hull much, just heel a tiny bit. Nacra 500s i think is much better, i've seen them sailed and sailed on one, i happen to be the crew on the nacra 500 on worthy's posts, sails beautiflly up wind and down wind, they're great for racing high performance, or just having a mess around in, there's some people at my sailing club, Weston, who are not very experienced sailors but still have a great time with it. Well thats what i think. There is a demo nacra a datchett at the minute if you want to have ago on one. Theres loads of info on the nacra uk site, www.nacra.co.uk
	There's no such thing as bad day on the water!!

Seb_PBSC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 12 Apr 08 Location: Great Britain Online Status: Offline Posts: 24	Post Options Post Reply Quote Seb_PBSC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jul 08 at 7:49pm
	Jess are you saying we were incapable of flying a hull!? maybe there was about 4 knots!? or you prefer Nacra's for some reason

Catsrule Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Groupie Joined: 10 Mar 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Post Options Post Reply Quote Catsrule Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jul 08 at 8:47pm
	This ain't Jess!!!! Its Andy her helm now!! I posted that when i'd only seen u guys sailing at Datchett (Datsht) when there was either no wind or sht loads. At Carnac you guys were flying a hull though. I do prefer the nacra 500 to the sl though.
	There's no such thing as bad day on the water!!

gary145 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Posting king Joined: 05 Aug 05 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 116	Post Options Post Reply Quote gary145 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 28 Jul 08 at 11:54pm
	is it for training or racing for beginners or ?