Thanks Dave,
Great picture of Patrick. His new H16 looks great too.
Btw, I heard (from a little French bird) that I was banned from the beach for a failure-to-appear a couple of Saturdays ago. Um...you wouldn't know anything about that would you?! 
All kidding aside, Patrick and I decided it was time to hang up the Sitnsail gloves. He was going through a health crisis, and had little time for SitnSail and I have a new full time job with little extra time.
Basically, it was a good idea that started out as one of Patrick's personal challenges, and which ultimately became the SitnSail wings. It was great product, but, unfortunately, a very small, niche market. That said, we still sold quite a few units; many more than expected. And we've never had a single complaint from our customers either.
There were obstacles to overcome along the way. One Hobie enthusiast suggested that trapezeing from our wings creates too much drive on the leeward hull tip while under full power. And that this could, theoretically, cause the lee tip to dive resulting in a pitch-pole. However, I believe that this is the case even without the wings. Let's face it, the H16 does have some inherent design flaws with the hulls
Another customer informed us that Hobie might void the warranty if our wings were installed, although I've never verified this with Hobie. Odd, because our wings are 100% bolt on with no modification. So why the void? We believed that the rewards our wings offered have far outweighed any miniscule potential for pitch-poling. Our customers seemed to echo this belief as well.
In any case, we had decided that we no longer wished to paddle upstream, and if we couldn't sell our product patent then we would liquidate our inventory and cash out. Too much effort, too little gain.
As it stands, we still have 5 units left. When they're gone, they're gone. We do not plan to resurrect SitnSail. To expedite sales, we are offering a 20% discount on our remaining 5 sets. Lastly, our website will go offline in December.
To those that have supported SitnSail, we thank you.
Regards,
Raymond
sitnsail.com
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