Gennaker and two pairs of trapeze for H14 -- comments

Hi all!

My first summer with Hobie 14 is on its finish line.
Im really glad over my cat -- this was real fun.
So far I have sailed lots of different monohulls, but no multis.

As said once in this present forum: "sailing with h14 is a delicate dance..."
So I wondering is anyone has experience sailing h14 with gennaker?
Also I wondering is it worth to buy another pair of trapeze? Sometimes with wind up to 17 meters per second it seems worth of put this idea on the test - on the other hand H14 is sensitive enough to become too capricious...

So has anyone experience with those kind of experiments?

regards,
Agur
from Estonia

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check out the pictures area on this site...there's couple of 14's with a gennaker (or hooter sail) there too.

http://www.whirlwindsails.com

have a hobie day!

Oh yea, unless you weigh 110Lbs and your crew is about the same I would not get another trapeze line. Unless your in a Hurricane, you'll never fly a hull.

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'83 Hobie 14 Turbo "Rio"
Blue Hawaii Sail #40954

Hi!

Thanks for the hint

One day we took out my Hobie together with my friend with 16 m/s wind (force 7).
We had only main sail, and most of the time I had to luff and/or loose the sheet not to pitchpole or nosedive, even if I were on trapeze and friend on the same time were on the edge. The waves were short, so lots of chopping.
I wander, if we both should been in trapeze for better performance?

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