01-24-2010, 08:16 PM
01-25-2010, 03:19 AM
Go for it . . .
01-25-2010, 06:46 AM
Really???
01-25-2010, 08:30 AM
I'm being a little flip, but if you got to ask . . .
I say this in light of the dramatic differences. The Hobie 16 carries 216 sq. ft. of area in a Bermudian rig. While the Weekender carries about half of this in a gaff rig. The Weekender's SA/D is 19.2 at 1,000 pounds (which is reasonable) which is pretty good for light air ability. It's certainly not performance dinghy territory, but not bad. With the Hobie rig on her, the SA/D jumps to 34.5, which now is well into the hot rod category.
In other words, if you can hold her down, she should fly. Well actually, she'll probably just pile up a huge leeward surge wave train and heel over, but a skilled crew . . .
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This is one of my designs with a simular SA/D (actually slightly lower with this rig).
I say this in light of the dramatic differences. The Hobie 16 carries 216 sq. ft. of area in a Bermudian rig. While the Weekender carries about half of this in a gaff rig. The Weekender's SA/D is 19.2 at 1,000 pounds (which is reasonable) which is pretty good for light air ability. It's certainly not performance dinghy territory, but not bad. With the Hobie rig on her, the SA/D jumps to 34.5, which now is well into the hot rod category.
In other words, if you can hold her down, she should fly. Well actually, she'll probably just pile up a huge leeward surge wave train and heel over, but a skilled crew . . .
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This is one of my designs with a simular SA/D (actually slightly lower with this rig).