Hobie 14s
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Category: Multihulls
Forum Name: Dinghy multihulls
Forum Discription: For those who prefer two (or more) hulls to one!
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Topic: Hobie 14s
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Subject: Hobie 14s
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 6:52pm
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Hi guys, I am a keen dinghy sailor (sorry). Have recentely gained acces to a Hobie 14. Any insight on how to make it go faster and generally how to sail a cat would be most helpfull. Thanks, Alex ------------- Greatfully Sponsored By www.allgoodfun.com Int 14 GBR 1503!! |
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Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 6:59pm
okay okay...i was just about ot say how much i dislike hobie 14s when i found this piccie.......that looks a rather fun!!! 
------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:01pm
It would be if it was a Hobie 14 , but is is a classic Hobie 18. I think it is a snapshot from the free as the wind Hobie video which shows wave jumping and people water skiing off the back of the 18's
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:14pm
Im assuming your not looking at staying in class? Ways to make things faster... Loose weight (probibly not an option here) More rag (always an option) More righting moment (expand the beam, add racks, more wires) And a good old fashioned bit of boat tuning and time on the water might do the trick too :) ------------- |
Posted By: BBSCFaithfull
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:26pm
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Well have replaced the original jib with an old wayfarer jib which i found lying around so more rag has pretty much been as exploited as possible. And will re-add the trapeze wires again.
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Posted By: Isis
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:31pm
Hmmm... the quest for more rag isnt really satisfied by a slightly bigger jib... What you should be asking is how big a kite can I cram on this before certain death? ------------- |
Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:32pm
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What's the luff length? blatently need a roachier main!!! Has it got a kite? ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 21 Apr 06 at 7:53pm
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I recommend you go to http://www.catsailor.com - www.catsailor.com , look at the Formula 14 forum. Some of the US guys have 'F14'd their Hobie 14s quite successfully. If you tweak the boat with a new main, jib and spin that measure to F14, you'd be at the max for the H14 platform |
Posted By: Tornado_ALIVE
Date Posted: 22 Apr 06 at 2:06am
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Just remember it is a beginers cat......... Add a kite to it if you want a bit more fun, however it will only give you a taste of things to come if you plan to continue with multies. This is a 14
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Posted By: Strawberry
Date Posted: 22 Apr 06 at 10:15am
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Is he jumping into shallow water? That's gonna screw his rudders! ------------- Cherub 2649 "Dangerous Strawberry |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 20 May 06 at 3:17pm
| spi are easy enough to add onto a cat but u may need a reenforced mast! |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 20 May 06 at 3:36pm
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????? ------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: Scooby_simon
Date Posted: 20 May 06 at 3:39pm
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Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 3:03pm
in a blow ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 3:12pm
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A reinforced mast?? why?? Hobie 16s added a kite quite successfully without any reinforcement of the mast. And seeming as the addition of the of increased apparent wind would mean the main would be much closer in and thus acting as a backstay for the mast which would oppose the forward pulling forces of the kite on the mast quite nicely. Plus the fact that cat masts are hardly flimsy! Again, reinforcement........why?? |
Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 3:17pm
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well whena person at my club tried to put a spi on c catapult he needed to renforce the mast ------------- |
Posted By: jon2005
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 4:11pm
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just try to stick to things you sort of know like fevas |
Posted By: Jalani
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 4:16pm
------------- Far too old to still be doing this...... Stealth F16s "White Rhino" GBR527 & "Yeah Baby" GBR538 |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 5:46pm
Lets not be too harsh on the kid. The way i see it, he's got PLENTY of scope for learning and thats never a bad thing. Its the comment in choosing a boat section where feva-sailor has stated that the RS500 has a more effecient hull shape and is quicker than the 29er that worries me.  Doug |
Posted By: Prince Buster
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 6:55pm
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yeah, the lad might not know evreything, but he's quite a lot younger that you guys isnt he? At least he's got enthusiasm! ------------- international moth - "what what?" |
Posted By: Dave389
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 9:43pm
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guys from memory and i am open to be corrected here doesnt the catapult and i think the unicorn use round section masts as apposed to the usual large wing section used on most cats could explain why beefing up was required ? bit like the 5.9 and the likes have diamonds but the hobies dont have you ever compared the weight my h17 mast weighed a lot more than my 5.9 mast thickness of metal i presume . so the kid could be right? |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 25 May 06 at 11:33pm
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The hobie 14 has an eliptical section and I believe the hobie 14 masts are effectively cut down versions of the 16 mast. Same shape, wall thickness, only real difference being in mast height |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 26 May 06 at 7:30pm
I have sailed a 14 a few times and know how little bouyancy is in the bows - it is like sailing on two ice scates, so please let me know how you get on with a kite!!!  It could be very wet!!!
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Posted By: feva_sailor
Date Posted: 31 May 06 at 2:47pm
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worthy ur slidesho is so c0onfusing ------------- |
Posted By: jon2005
Date Posted: 31 May 06 at 7:06pm
| its makes perfect sense to cat sailors |
Posted By: Worthy
Date Posted: 31 May 06 at 7:45pm
I like it, especially the ostritch looking straight at the camera! |