Tom Kirkman wrote:
The TI can stay on the water when all the other multi-hulls have to come in.
I might have to take issue with that one.
Was
racing my Hobie Wave in a regatta where the winds were consistently in the low 20s all day with gusts in the high 20s. There were about 10 Waves, and probably close to 100 total of all types. Only the Raiders couldn’t seem to keep their keel side down. No furling, no reefing. had one close call on a jibe but after about half the leeward pontoon dug down a foot below the surface with the sail trapped against the shroud, it just popped back up. Ground could be made on any point of sail, in fact it thrived going upwind.
What a fun little boat that was.
Chekika wrote:
I think the AI/TI is faster when the boat is near level vs highly heeled to the leeward with one ama digging in greatly.
Keith
What do think about the stress on the mast/ base under those conditions? I got a hiking stick but am reluctant to hike out for fear of over-stressing the boat by taking away the reef indicator, (submerging pontoon.)