walt wrote:
Curious where you sit on the TI?
I mostly sail on lakes which could have smaller swell but I sit in the back seat when solo and pretty much never have the bow submerge. Even with two people (lighter one in the front), I still really never have the bow go under. Even though its lake sailing, I have done some downwind sailing in fairly big swell and the TI sailed from the back seat just rides over the swell.
So I dont really have any problem to solve where I would need something like this but maybe that is dependent on where you sit. On my 2010 AI, I did have a problem with the bow punching through waves and sometimes submarining - almost capsizing. My opinion.. the TI sailed from the rear seat just doesnt need anything like this.
Usually I just sit on my ass... LOL!
No but seriously I see the point of your question.
If I had sailed solo in the rear seat (where I usually are located) with an empty (light) TI I have the same experiance as you do. It keeps the nose up really well, no problems there.
But I will be packning a lot of gear, about 250Lbs +, (check out my build blog and you will get the picture)
https://www.hobie.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=61162 
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