Finally! some love for the Hobie 18! A beautiful beast!

@JoyriderTV

11 ай бұрын

I'm a big 18 fan - I just don't have one here to showcase

They are some fine looking boats, nice jib cleat idea, well worth a visit

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

yeah man, for sure, looks tight. I liked the choppy daggers

The best part about this is I may have found an older hobie 18 in need of some love!

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

Another for the fleet!!!

Great looking cats and agree totally with the re-imagined look and changes! Wow, those A-class boats look fast just sitting still. I wish Hobie would invest in the business with new colors, and modern changes of materials, engineering and style to their lineup. I think it needs some youthful invigoration! Imho Thanks for sharing.

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

I think taking existing popular designs and making them more modern is the best for the classes.

Awesome set up on those 18’s I love the dagger board trimming !

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

Yeah definitely - so good to have it flush with the deck.

My Hobie 18 was in Episode 3 of Show us your Cat😊 It is great to see that not all older Cats (especially H18)end up rocked down in the grasses and bushes of a sailing Club.

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

Yeah for sure, although too many older cats end up in the bushes!

Great work John, helping keep the sport alive

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

Such a great thing that John is doing - inspirational

The H18 is a fast boat on all points of sail. Maybe the best overall beachcat Hobie ever built.

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

I'm not going to disagree with you there.

Years ago I went sailing as passenger on a Hobie 18 off the Coast of Brunswick Georgia. About two miles offshore, I hiked out and suddenly we hit the Gulf Stream current going north. It was cold, maybe 40 degrees. The boat nearly capsized and we hit top speeds almost instantly. I was scared sh!tless! What a beautiful boat, though, yellow pontoons with a red-yellow sail color scheme. It was a day in the sun, a day to remember.

@JoyriderTV

5 ай бұрын

Nice! Yes, these boats are so fast and really deliver! There'll be another Hobie 18 special coming this weekend

Love every bit of it!. Hobie 18 is the best of them all. Too bad they can't better support it for racing. Great family sport and best of all the cost is low. Hobie has an opportunity they might want to act upon.

@JoyriderTV

10 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

There's a Hobie 18 on a small lake in Wisconsin, U.S., which hasn't been rigged in years. It has yellow hulls and a Taquila Sunrise sails, making it a 1977 or 1978. What's involved in reimagining one of these boats? Can these be safely soloed? I've been soloing a Hobie 16 for many seasons.

@JoyriderTV

4 ай бұрын

All of the reimagined boats are being rebuilt, I think, by John Forbes in Australia. I'd head over to the Hobie 18 Reimagined page on facebook to get more information.

YOOO ITS KAITLYN

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!!!!

I live in tanilba bay

@JoyriderTV

5 ай бұрын

Nice! That looks like a great spot.

where is you’re watch from

@JoyriderTV

Жыл бұрын

I'm in Vassiliki, Lefkas Greece, If that's what you mean.

@Vagozeilen

Жыл бұрын

no the watch where you can see you’re speed

They didn't mention the positive rotation system and the moved trapeze line locations. Tapering the battens has always been class legal and many were already shaped back in the day. Trimming the top of the board off is a little weird as they are so fat they don't hurt and the shroud is right behind them so you never sit there anyway. The rotator really shouldn't have been moved. Instead of simplifying the boat it now means the rotation doesn't move out with the boom when you travel down to go off the wind. Instead of 1 Jam cleat you now need a tramp with a center grommet, blocks and cam cleats to solve a problem that never existed.

@lesp315

4 ай бұрын

Yes, but all that hoopla produced a lot of hype and that's what is all about.