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 Post subject: Coca-Cola Sails
PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:04 pm 
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Check out the custom Square-top Coca-Cola sails on what looks like a Hobe 18.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hkvUH4fLgk


I don't supose they are class legal! :wink:

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Is it just me, or is the foot of that sail really short? I wonder if it isn't a Tiger sail graphic'd up.


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Karl,

I noticed the same thing, but didn't make the connection to the Tiger.

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also looks like a loose footed main. like the tiger or fx-1

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good call Karl

notice how far the battens are sticking out of the main :?

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Sorry guys, could only handle the music for just a few seconds until my ears started bleeding...had to shut down :cry: .


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:18 am 
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Most likely it is a Hobie18SX w/o wings .... the front crossbar is curved and I think I can see "hull lips" on the hulls in the video ... neither feature is on a Hobie Tiger ....

I guess we must put a "Shout Out" to Matt Miller ...

Hey Matt, could you hoist (and sail) a H18Tiger mainsail or FX-One mainsail on a H18SX stick????

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One of our engineers cut down a Tiger main for his 18SX. Yes it would work.

I think these sails may be simply custom designed for the advertisements.

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