Stellar Sailing Day - Hobie 14 and Weta Trimaran

Sailing buddy recently acquired a very nice Hobie 14 Turbo model and wanted to do some "tune up" on the local lake. I joined him in my Weta. Winds were moderate, only about 8 to 17 or so but with no other boats out the water was nearly flat.
Length14'5" / 4.4m
Beam11'6" / 3.5m
Beam Folded Away5'7" / 1.7m
Hull MaterialFibreglass / Foam
Weight - Main Hull128lb / 58kg
Weight - Float with Beam Frame40lb / 17.5kg
Sail - Main8 9sq ft / 8.3sq m
Sail - Jib 34sq ft / 3.2sq m
Sail - Screecher 86sq ft / 8.0sq m
Beam Frame - Carbon
Mast - Carbon two Piece
Mast Length - 21.4 ft / 6.53m
Height of mast above water - 24ft / 7.3m
Rudder StockCarbon
Rudder FoilCarbon
CentreboardCarbon
D-PN Handicap - 78.5

[@equiserre]

so Tom, did you settle the thorny issue of whos faster? :-)

[@TomKirkman1]

Between an H14 and a Weta? It's not a "thorny issue" at all. The Weta is lighter, has more sail and can plane. The Weta is faster, at least in anything other than very, very light winds. Look at the DP-N figures for the two. Weta is 78.5 and the H14T is 83.5. The Weta, one-up, is much closer in performance to the H16. I do find that the cats can point a little bit higher while the Weta can go deeper on the screecher if the wind is up..

[@equiserre]

@@TomKirkman1 yes I know, It was a joke making a reference to the thread in SA where people definitely did NOT agree on the subject. cheers

[@TomKirkman1]

@@equiserre OK I remember that now.