Hobie School

I am looking for some help from the old salts. Our camp has assembled a fleet of Hobies (a 14, two 16's & my 18). I as the most experienced sailor have been asked to develop a course (or steal one) so that potential skippers have a grasp on the fundamentals of sailing a cat.

Last year I used some of the material from the Hobie site to give a few kids a rudimentary 1 hour crash course before taking them out. It went reasonably well, but was very very basic. The camp board wants to protect their investment, and get a little more in depth with a better course. Does such a course exist? What about a final exam?

Any help would be appreciated.

Dave

Have you tried the Hobie University book published by the class association?

http://www.hobieclass.com/site/hobie/ihca/downloads/hobieu/HobieU.pdf

If it were me I would get this:

http://store.catsailor.com/tek9.asp?pg= ... jnrorrrrg4

Get from the Hobie Dealer if you can or from Rick. Reading is one think, but SEEING in action will really teach them fast. Teach them boathandling first.

Just my 2 cents from 27 years of sailing and 7 teaching grand daughter.

Doug Snell

After 17 years of cat sailing and 12 years of instruction at our club, I found I learnt sooooooo much from the DVD, my mind boggles.

Even though a lot of the DVD deals with 'racing', the basic concepts of a good tack or a good gybe are covered in a low key and solid manner. Start there, and move upward and onward, as the classes grow in experience.

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