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The mainsail area of a Hobie 16 is just under 14m2, unfortunately I couldn’t find any information regarding the reefed sail area. My best guess is that it is reduced by around 5m2 leaving you with 9m2 on the main.
There will be another video coming reading the sailing of the 16 with the reef (once ...
Here we're taking a look at the trapeze system.
And other aspects of your cat sailing.
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Check out Will's Joyrider TV tribute from Hawaii -
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HOBIE CAT SAILING IN VASSILIKI BAY, GREECE. THE HOBIE 16 IS STILL THE BEST RIDE!
This time we had chase cam from a powerboat, super smooth with a gimbal.
Thanks to Martin for having a camera on his head as well.
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The mast is back up with some new beefy rigging. Time to test the Hobie 14 Evo in more wind. Around 25 to 30 knots. Small chop. 30 degrees, good times.
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Here, we're testing four different GPS' to see what differences they come up with on a typical Vassiliki speed run.
Results:
GoPro Hero 7 - inbuilt GPS - 22.7 knots
Timex Iron man global trainer - 23.00 knots
Strava on the iPhone - 22.6 knots
Locosys GW 60 - 23.49 (peak)
Locosys GW 60 - ...
Before we can look at the gybe we have to look at the correct downwind sailing angles, before we can look at that we need to understand how apparent wind works.
We look at all of that in this video.
Wikipedia description - A jibe (US) or gybe (Britain) is a sailing maneuver whereby a sailing vessel...
Jib furling in a strong wind can end up being quite flappy and untidy. Here we look at how we can roll the jib nicely.
Jib battens getting caught on the mast can give you the rage. Here's how to address that.
Fitting a snap shackle to your mainsheet makes it extremely easy to take the top block...
Here we are for some more,
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Here we are taking our newly rebuilt Hobie 14 for a shake down sail in the famous Vassiliki cross shore wind.
Testing the new OS3 Evo mainsail which was working very nicely.
Unfortunately after some testing the mast cam down due to a broken forestay. This was the only boat not to have new rigging i...
A follow up to the Catamaran Tacking video, the Hobie 14 is notoriously difficult to tack and even more difficult to get going once stalled.
Here we are addressing those small issues.
This was the first sports catamaran that was ever invented! Created in 1968, the Hobie 14 is unique and universal. ...
Here's a look at the mainsheet arrangements of all of the Tornado catamarans at the 2019 Europeans at Rimini, Italy.
If you like this sort of thing, you'll like this!
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Here we are once again - Showing us your cats!
I’ll be featuring different boats every Sunday 1730 Greek time so keep an eye out, it might be your boat coming next!
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Here we go over the technique for improving tacking on any type of catamaran.
It's all about the mainsheet!
You don't need to go into the tack with speed as long as you do the right thing with the mainsheet.
Sheet in hard before the tack
turn into the wind
when head to wind release the...
Here we're taking a look around Wildwind in Vassiliki, Greece.
If you are thinking of coming out email - [email protected] to see if he can offer you a deal - tell him that Joe sent you!
It really is a great place to go sailing though.
www.wildwind.co.uk
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Here we're taking a look at the jib system and spinnaker set up on our racing Tornado. There are many ways of doing it but this is what we have settled on - a conbination of what was on the boat when we got it and what we've seen on various boats from various competitions.
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Here we're looking at:
How to put your rudders down in a way that is good for the rudder system.
When to service your rudders.
How to thread the 6:1 downhaul system - a very good upgrade if you don't already have it!
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Episode 2 - the response to this new series has been amazing, I’ve received pictures and video of over 50 boats, I really wasn’t expecting such a great response. So thanks!
I’ll be featuring different boats every Sunday 1730 Greek time so keep an eye out, it might be your boat coming next!
If you ...
About 10 knots of wind, 85kg of Joyrider onboard. Here I'm taking this 13 foot ripper for a spin around the bay.
The Dragoon here uses a spinnaker with a bag system which uses a different technique to the more common chute/snuffer system.
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New feature! Send me pictures or a brief video of your boat and i'll feature it here for the world to see!
[email protected] is where to send to. If possible video or pictures should be landscape.
I look forward to seeing more of your boats!
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Here's a bag that is made for the job:
or the cheaper option:
The bag used here is 30 gallons / 115 litres, I’ve found one that looks pretty much identical here:
The weight of the bag when used was around 40 kgs so well under half filled so the same bag will be good for the lighter sailor. ...
This is race 6 from the 2019 Europeans. The wind was around 8 - 10 knots. Our final position was 15th.
The boat was designed in 1967 by Rodney March from the Isle of Sheppey, England. At the IYRU Olympic Catamaran Trials for international status, it easily defeated the other challengers.[1]
To inc...
Here we are taking out a 15 and giving it full beans.
The 15 is most suitable as a beginner or family boat but she's got plenty under the hood to provide the action on a windy day.
Double trapeze, high volume hulls and a reasonably modern sailplan give you just what you need!
Highly recreatio...
If you watched the live stream on Friday 31st May 2019 you'll know - here's the action from one run out in Vassiliki bay, windsurfing.
Windsurfing is a surface water sport that combines elements of surfing and sailing. It consists of a board usually 2 to 2.5 metres (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in...
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