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Author:  Maximus [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:22 am ]
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For you guys that keep track, what sort of top speeds have you achieved in your 16? I need something to shoot for!
Author:  harrison [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:48 am ]
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well i have a h14 and i got to 15-20 ish and that was the fastest i have ever gone so the h16will be faster because more sail spaceand it has a jib so im not sure ,Harrison
Author:  kylegless [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:20 pm ]
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just started using my gps hit 18mph a month ago. think i can go faster no prob buts seas have been too choppy too risk it. Good luck. must be nice in florida, starting to get cold in CT. :twisted:
Author:  hrtsailor [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:01 pm ]
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I read 18mph on my GPS and at times was going faster but too busy to look down at the GPS. That was on a lake and the water was relatively smooth. My grandson was my crew, out on the wire and loved it.
Author:  alfred_new [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:56 pm ]
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I have hit 18.6 two different times. My last sail, I think I went faster, but I didn't bring GPS. I solo sail on a lake. Av. winds are 5-6 mph, with some sustained 10-12 mph gusts. I am sure I have maxed out speedwise, until I master trapping out, but my lake is so gusty it is really hard to learn.
Author:  Tallguy1 [ Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:43 pm ]
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I got chased by a Jet Ski once, and they sounded like they were at full throttle! No gps but it felt real fast!
Author:  sunvista [ Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:19 am ]
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Tallguy1 wrote:
I got chased by a Jet Ski once, and they sounded like they were at full throttle! No gps but it felt real fast!
Most jetskis will easily do 35 knots. Some on the market now can hit 50 or better. I doubt they were full throttle.
Author:  dichtbijzee [ Tue Oct 20, 2009 12:02 pm ]
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1st post, long time lurker. the posts above here are those really mph? or knots, because We sailed our '83 h16 17.5 knots with 10-15 knots wind. that was about 110 degrees of the wind.

keep it pointing up!
Author:  Maximus [ Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:26 am ]
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For me it's definitely MPH. I'll someday get to 18kts(21mph).
Author:  srm [ Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:38 am ]
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sunvista wrote:
Tallguy1 wrote:
I got chased by a Jet Ski once, and they sounded like they were at full throttle! No gps but it felt real fast!
Most jetskis will easily do 35 knots. Some on the market now can hit 50 or better. I doubt they were full throttle.


This is true, however, at least where I sail, when the wind is strong enough that you can start challenging the jet skis, the chop also kicks up and those guys have to back off or else they take a pounding. Meanwhile the Hobie cuts through the chop, so sometimes you can give them a run for their money.

On flat water, it would be no contest.

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Author:  hrtsailor [ Wed Oct 21, 2009 1:41 pm ]
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I keep my GPS set to mph because I also use it to check my cars' speedometers. Even using mph, 18 is fast for a sailboat.
Author:  Tallguy1 [ Fri Oct 23, 2009 7:29 pm ]
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sunvista wrote:
Tallguy1 wrote:
I got chased by a Jet Ski once, and they sounded like they were at full throttle! No gps but it felt real fast!
Most jetskis will easily do 35 knots. Some on the market now can hit 50 or better. I doubt they were full throttle.



It wasent a newer one, and the rider was um, how do I put this nicely, a big girl...
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