Great clip! -- Brings back that initial excitement of my first Hobie 16 ride at 13 in the early 70's that got me hooked. After a lifetime of sailing starting with a Hobie 10 at 11 years of age, 16s then windsurfing expanding to kitesurfing. Today I find myself still in love with the sport fueled by my current Hobie Magnum 18.
Wow this bings back memories. Learnt to sail on a Hobie in the late 70's on a 16'. Still hooked on multihulls. About to launch a new build trimaran this coming Summer down under. Can't wait!
Had a Hobie 18 when they first came out #1687 the 18 was so much better then the 16. Biscayne Bay and the upper Keys in Miami was my playground.I remember this film when it first came out in 1979.They rumor was they broke a few boats in Hawaii jumping those huge waves.Good times back in the day
I happen to see "Share the Wind 1979" the other day. I own an 1982 18, sail number 6708, which I bought in 1986 from a nice Australian chap in Silicon Valley. My 21 year old boys and I sail it mainly in the Central Valley where the water is warm. However, I race on other peoples boats out of Santa Cruz and there are more than a few people I sail with that want to take it out to surf on the cold ocean swells here, so we will see what happens in 2024. Hobie 14, 16 and 18s are great boats. The 17 to my eye did not hit it's market and the 20 seemed like a me too, addition. Forget the roto molded junk you find at the resorts today. The 33 is popular around here now, like the Tartan 10 is in the Midwest, but neither were big sellers back in the day, go figure. Now Hobie is the "kayak giant Hobie Cat"... and I think everything really has to be carbon and foil if it is in the "new" sailing market.
I worked for Dean Froome in Kailua Hawaii at his Hobie dealership in 83-84ish. Great times! My person boat was an 18 w/ hiking racks. Amazing memories!
In the early 1980's I met Hobie in Honolulu when I was writing the boating column for the morning daily. We set up a sailing date and took off from the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki on a Hobie 16. We got just outside the reef when a gust capsized us. i remember bobbing to the surface and thinking, "Are you sure you're Hobie Alter?"
This was at the same time my father bought a cat that was faster than Hobies. One of two in Australia. The other was timed at 33 knots in Sydney Harbour. It slightly preceded the Hobies in Australia.
Tornado? That was an awesome catamaran. NACRA Made some good ones, and Prindle 16 was an improvement of the Hobie Cats by increasing freeboard. But Hobie was the original pioneer. I think I had a Hobie skateboard in the 1970's... and I remember Hobie surfboards.
Great clip! -- Brings back that initial excitement of my first Hobie 16 ride at 13 in the early 70's that got me hooked. After a lifetime of sailing starting with a Hobie 10 at 11 years of age, 16s then windsurfing expanding to kitesurfing. Today I find myself still in love with the sport fueled by my current Hobie Magnum 18.
Wow this bings back memories. Learnt to sail on a Hobie in the late 70's on a 16'. Still hooked on multihulls. About to launch a new build trimaran this coming Summer down under. Can't wait!
Had a Hobie 18 when they first came out #1687 the 18 was so much better then the 16. Biscayne Bay and the upper Keys in Miami was my playground.I remember this film when it first came out in 1979.They rumor was they broke a few boats in Hawaii jumping those huge waves.Good times back in the day
I happen to see "Share the Wind 1979" the other day. I own an 1982 18, sail number 6708, which I bought in 1986 from a nice Australian chap in Silicon Valley. My 21 year old boys and I sail it mainly in the Central Valley where the water is warm. However, I race on other peoples boats out of Santa Cruz and there are more than a few people I sail with that want to take it out to surf on the cold ocean swells here, so we will see what happens in 2024. Hobie 14, 16 and 18s are great boats. The 17 to my eye did not hit it's market and the 20 seemed like a me too, addition. Forget the roto molded junk you find at the resorts today. The 33 is popular around here now, like the Tartan 10 is in the Midwest, but neither were big sellers back in the day, go figure. Now Hobie is the "kayak giant Hobie Cat"... and I think everything really has to be carbon and foil if it is in the "new" sailing market.
I worked for Dean Froome in Kailua Hawaii at his Hobie dealership in 83-84ish. Great times! My person boat was an 18 w/ hiking racks. Amazing memories!
In the early 1980's I met Hobie in Honolulu when I was writing the boating column for the morning daily. We set up a sailing date and took off from the Outrigger Canoe Club in Waikiki on a Hobie 16. We got just outside the reef when a gust capsized us. i remember bobbing to the surface and thinking, "Are you sure you're Hobie Alter?"
I missed my era ⛵️⛵️⛵️
This was at the same time my father bought a cat that was faster than Hobies. One of two in Australia. The other was timed at 33 knots in Sydney Harbour. It slightly preceded the Hobies in Australia.
Interesting.
What's that s boat?
@@louismorel2001 I have a photo of it, but I was too young to remember the name.
Tornado?
That was an awesome catamaran.
NACRA Made some good ones, and Prindle 16 was an improvement of the Hobie Cats by increasing freeboard.
But Hobie was the original pioneer.
I think I had a Hobie skateboard in the 1970's... and I remember Hobie surfboards.
@@Fly4aWhiteGuy not a tornado. Only two of them were bought into Australia, a few months before Hobies were released.
@@Fly4aWhiteGuy Tornadoes were a much better cat overall. These banana shaped hulls were not fast.
I love sailing. Racing seems to ruin everything about it.
Yes, if you are sailing with most of the wankers, it does.
Racing gets in the way of the most important boating activity -- drinking...
@@CurmudgeonExtraordinaire The new breed don't even drink anymore. The tough characters of those days are gone.
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