How many H-16's have been built?

I know sail #'s are up over 110, 000 plus but many were produced for champ regattas etc as well. Do Europe etc make them too with their own sail # sequencing? Just a trivia curiosity question for those who may know.

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UK Wildcats have 8 now!

1976 H16 27640
1985 H16 89112

Our boats are not far apart...my sail H16 sail # is 89013.

There have been approximately 75,000 Hobie 16s built. Nobody really knows for sure, though. Hobie Cat does not publish production numbers - and even they don't know exactly how many were built in the hey-days of the late '70s/ early '80s.

Sail numbers are assigned in blocks - for example, Europe might be assigned 109000 - 109999, whereas HC USA would be assigned 110000 - 110999 - prior to the sails (note - not boats) being built.

75,000 is a LOT of 16's! Strange there isn't an exact rolling count though. I just always assumed sail #'s was the sequential production for each type of Hobies.

How bout another trivia question? About how many Hobie cats in total have been produced? Maybe 150,000?

Curiosity kills the "Cat"

Thanks btw

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UK Wildcats have 8 now!

1976 H16 27640
1985 H16 89112