GREAT THREAD !!I have a Hobie 21se ; was wondering what she would do, (Flat-Out). Looks like with the
regular 25 to 30kt wind i get at Lake Mohave, and and the Virgin river basin of Lake Mead
i can count on something in the 20kt + range for my cat !!!
I fish and camp a lot, so i got a 15-Hp 4-stroke to get through the 10 miles of narrows
at lake mead, to reach the East side ; i may trade that motor in in a 20Hp 4-stroke, after
reading this Thread, because the hull speed of the 21se is higher than i thought .
Also looks like i'm gonna be getting a reefable Main for my 21se ; learned my lesson
on Lake Mohave with a Hobie 20 i was partners with, when we blew out the main
in a 35-Kt wind one day, (it was reefed in to about a Hobie 16 size) but the sail
was old and tired !! We sailed her back with the jib ; lucky we practiced jib only
sailing in high wind already.
spesce wrote:
We sailed the 21SE two weekends ago in 15-25 mph winds. Both GPS units tracked our maximum speed at 23.5 and 23.6 mph.
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Hobie Dude wrote:
At the Sausalito Regatta here in Div three we had a wild weekend. I was on my buddies H21SE and our GPS recorded a top speed of 32.2 MPH, winds were gusting to 38MPH.
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UKSail wrote:
Holy smoke! 32.8MPH.
That is insane speeds. Love it. what sails did you have up?
we went sailing round the estuary in a strong Force 5 gusting 6.
Approximately 28knots true around the bay straight across the marshes came the 29-33knot gusts.
Our 21se reached 20.6mph on Garmin gps triple trapeze and me driving. On a fetch. Clocked up 38.8 miles in 2 hours.
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Phat Cat