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Our cousin came in 8th in this race…Andrew Zinn

cool!!

Quick adventure tale about those two daredevils we see at about 15:00 in - John Driscoll & Dean Froome. These characters are to Hobie Catamaran sailing what Doc Brown and Marty McFly are to time travel. At the 1981 Worrell 1000, they're flying up the Atlantic coast on a Hobie 16 as part of this multi-day 10-boat kamikaze race from Ft. Lauderdale to Virginia Beach. This event is nuts and not everyone finishes - nor are they expected to. I think a South African team had to quit after ripping a gash in the hull when they plowed into sea turtle in the middle of the night. One leg of the course to go, but there's a few days of delays at Cape Hatteras in North Carolina due to the nastiest conditions imaginable (short of a hurricane). The weather clears and on a prorated launch-time schedule, Driscoll & Froome blow out there with 3 other H16s. The opposing currents at this location in the Atlantic create a vortex of unpredictably treacherous conditions and these two are 75-100 yards offshore charging straight into the surf. They hit massive wave that drives them back so hard, the boat begins to do a backward somersault, digs in one of the rudders, and fractures it...badly. I believe the very same wave threw an adjacent boat so violently that a crewman went overboard, just for perspective. So John & Dean turn around, come ashore for an hour, and MacGyver up a quick fix before trying it again. AGAIN. Somehow or another, they get the boat through the surf this time and absolutely take off after that. They must have had this thing sailing at light speed because even after all the time it took to make repairs on the beach, AND late start time behind a few other boats, they catch and pass the three that went off with them and finish minutes behind Hobie Alter Jr's 3rd place team that left hours beforehand earlier in the day. 4th place of the 7 that by some miracle managed to actually finish the race. Absolute warriors, these guys are. Sidenote: The Australian team that won this race (not being as familiar with this hemisphere and no GPS available) had to rely on the patience of local residents at random beachfront homes who were willing to answer the door at 2am and tell them where the h3ll they were. Plus, after their rigging ripped to shreds somewhere in there, the sea-turtle crashing South Africans generously handed over their remaining equipment, enabling the Aussies to finish...and win. Talk about playing by 'prison rules.' Wacky Stuff.

Great to see clips like this! The Hobie one by Bruce Brown was one of the best sales videos of all time!

Mate you need to come on up for a Keppels trip! Lots of this footage is from ages ago! :D

Now try putting 6 people on the wasp with a six pack.... It's not all about speed

Cool! my old Hobie 16, the "orange crush" sail number 23053, is the intro! Very cool to see it sailing decades before I owned it (and better than I ever sailed it!).

I sailed hobies in the late 80's early 90's, I had magazine cut out with pictures of the sand sailing and the surfing/jumping on my wall, so glad the algo fed me this and you guys for posting it. Those jumps are still the most epic I have seen

I cannot believe how bad you lot are with your tacking 😔😔😔😔😔

Calling "water" at the mark with no overlap and inside 3 boat lengths!!!! You had no rights, otherwise great footage and an amazing place to sail

Great clip! -- Brings back that initial excitement of my first Hobie 16 ride at 13 in the early 70's that got me hooked. After a lifetime of sailing starting with a Hobie 10 at 11 years of age, 16s then windsurfing expanding to kitesurfing. Today I find myself still in love with the sport fueled by my current Hobie Magnum 18.

I wonder if a Hobie 14 turbo may have passed them?

great Channel

Great sail trim, especially the jib!

How does your back take it over the waves? Think I'd rather be out on the trapeze for a bit of suspension in my legs...

I was there!

What a champ - good job Eli 👍And good mentoring Helm 🤘

Very nice 👍

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Love it. Just curious about why you went to Jarvis Bay. I was thinking of purchasing here in Victoria, but now I am not so sure if that is a good idea.

Goodluck. She’s a beaut!

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Having recently purchased a Hobie 16 and a Hobie 14 (both vastly different to what I am used to racing, an Arrow), these tips are very helpful. Appreciate the effort.

I happen to see "Share the Wind 1979" the other day. I own an 1982 18, sail number 6708, which I bought in 1986 from a nice Australian chap in Silicon Valley. My 21 year old boys and I sail it mainly in the Central Valley where the water is warm. However, I race on other peoples boats out of Santa Cruz and there are more than a few people I sail with that want to take it out to surf on the cold ocean swells here, so we will see what happens in 2024. Hobie 14, 16 and 18s are great boats. The 17 to my eye did not hit it's market and the 20 seemed like a me too, addition. Forget the roto molded junk you find at the resorts today. The 33 is popular around here now, like the Tartan 10 is in the Midwest, but neither were big sellers back in the day, go figure. Now Hobie is the "kayak giant Hobie Cat"... and I think everything really has to be carbon and foil if it is in the "new" sailing market.

How cool! Thanks!

One of them ended up on the beach!

This was interesting and informative. I'm now setting up my H16, tho with H14, mast, sails and boom. I'm utilizing extra parts, and doing some "jury' rigging. Things I do different, when I assemble other boats I have. I put a board on top of my crossbars, to walk on when raising or lowering the mast. And if I don't have the pin, for the mast base, I wrap flexible wire, around the mast, and crossbar, it acts like a hinge. And also,, I put a pully on the bridle wires,, where they meet. Then attach a rope, to the forestry, and pull it,, as I lift the mast.. The parts needed, are really expensive, try to find used ones. Gooseneck, cost about $60., new. I'm now trying to make one, it seems possible. I don't know tho, until I try it out.

Mega

More rig tension for more wind. Less tension is going to power you up while more tension flattens your sail, depowering and letting you point higher in heavy air

Awesome channel! Great videos - learning heaps!

My dad taught me how to sail on a bright yellow Hobie 14’. I absolutely love a Hobie Cat.

Удивительно! Я ожидал совершенно другого результата) Спасибо за видео! ❤

Bad news was a legend ❤

thanks for sharing ! classic Hobie Cat history,... beautiful images,.. !!

Nice sailing guys! Howdy from Texas USA

Got to love that flat water and consistent winds. A bit of bearing away could push you over 20 kn.

Anyone remember the 1993 nationals in freo I was there with fresh ,

Epic. Capsize on the start line.... Nice vid!

Why do you destroy such great sailing footage with music that is beyond inappropriate? When did a member of Cold Chisel last sail a ‘14’? I want to watch sailing with the associated soundtrack, not what turns you on.

Hobie did this like 40 years ago with it's "Tri-Foiler"

Have not rigged a 16 since 1979, I do know that the next owner had the rudder bolts fall off, bet I had 2000 miles of road time with the rudders hanging going to races. Back in the day we would have 300 Hobie's at a race in TX OK & Kansas.

Nice!! such a rush!!

ta for that, great vid

ta for this, some good details...as far as the serial number goes; my Hobie 14 turbo has a number that ends in 62, (5362), that can't be right can it (?), 61 years old, no wonder parts are expensive.

Great finish and epic regatta conditions.

Um projeto da década de 70 andando e orçando junto com barcos da mais moderna tecnologia. Isso só prova como os catamarãs da Hobie foram bem projetados.

i have the same sail colors on my 16

Congrats on ur wedding ! That culvert rail crossing at Goulburn would of been real tight doubled up😥. Thanks heaps for the video of the bay looks like it was a choice weekend.

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