New FX One

I finally got the boat on the water. First time out and it is the Sail Sand Point Regatta in Seattle, Saturday/Sunday race.

Perfect cicumstances for the first sail on this boat.
First racce was nice light breeze, over the course of racing built up to about 10 by the end of the day.
Lots of new boat familiararity issues to work through but it was an awsome ride.

First thing that got fixed was the spin halyard cleat, had to remove the fairlead to keep it from recleating. I should have known beter about that, my Tiger was the same way.
Second was the sheets are a bit too long. Cut off some of those, should work beter.

Three hours on the boat so far, LOVE IT.
Hobie has done a good job of mating the Tiger and the Old H17. I have had both of those. I had no problem sailing it up or down wind other than the excess line lenghts jaming in the cleats and blocks. Hopefully that will be resolved by shortening some of them.

The boat has all the great features that make sailing the Tiger and the H17 so enjoyable; Great spinaker runs down wind, awsome single handing upwind.

It will be a couple of weeks till I can post anouther report about the FX 1, as I have had hand surgery, not sailing related.

So nothing but looking at the boat and toturing mysef till i can get back on it.

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Mike Hensel
'86 Hobie 18, '93 Hobie 14, '80 Hobie 14(restso in progress)
Wind in your sails, water in your shoes, great day!

I'm jealous. Hopefully I can pick one up at the end of the month.

Hopefully see you in Spicer with your nice new 16.

I won't be able to make it to Green Lake. I have to move sometime in the near future, and I have to build some racks for holding hulls in my car trailer for nationals. Natiionals is only two weeks away.

This thread is worthless without pictures.

they are coming, i have to get them from the guy who took them.

Soon I hope.

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Mike Hensel
'86 Hobie 18, '93 Hobie 14, '80 Hobie 14(restso in progress)
Wind in your sails, water in your shoes, great day!

So do we get to hear what happened to your Tiger, Mike? Or is it something you'd rather not share?

Missed you down at the Gorge race, we had a good time.

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Tim
Unofficial Fleet 72 Communications Officer and Div 4 Webmaster
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Here is a picture, I hope it posts.

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Mike Hensel
'86 Hobie 18, '93 Hobie 14, '80 Hobie 14(restso in progress)
Wind in your sails, water in your shoes, great day!

OK here are a couple more,

Light wind


Rounding A mark and setting, ya to slow and mainsheet to loose. First set of Spinaker.


Tacking

These were all from the first hour or so with the breeze at barely 5 knots.
Hopefully the pics of later in the day will come in.

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Mike Hensel
'86 Hobie 18, '93 Hobie 14, '80 Hobie 14(restso in progress)
Wind in your sails, water in your shoes, great day!

Man, if we could just get some people to star buying and racing those down here in So-Cal. That would probbably be the boat I get when my 16 is paid off.

Here are a couple more pics,

Still a light breeze

That is Mt. Rainier in the back ground

Love the spinaker.

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Mike Hensel
'86 Hobie 18, '93 Hobie 14, '80 Hobie 14(restso in progress)
Wind in your sails, water in your shoes, great day!