Talk:Hobie cat

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Howdy all,

I'm semi-actively working on this page - feel free to contribute!

Needed stuff: Intro Paragraph Hobie History (should be easy to get sources from Hobie website) Racing (state of racing, divisions and fleets, regattas and championships, Formula entries) Info on out-of-production boats - 14, 18, maybe Hobie 12 and Holder1 monohulls?

Thanks! Teejaypea 18:33, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] History

This material is taken directly from the Hobicat website! K. Sargent 20:01, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

• Because of the purloined advertising here we can expect this entry to be selected for removal soon by the Wikipedia administrators.T.E. Goodwin 11:16, 25 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] US bias!

This article only covers Hobie US boats - there is a different range in Europe.

You are correct, although Hobie Australasia & Hobie USA offer a similar product line, Many ( perhaps most) Hobie Europe models are missing. --I20-312 01:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comp Tip

Somebody needs to take a stab at the whole comp tip issue.

At some point, at least the Hobie 14 (the 16 was almost certainly included) were eligible for a "warranty modification" where the upper section of the mast was replaced by the composite "Comp Tip." I doubt I have the letter I received from them around 1993 when they reworked the mast on my JT14. I've tried to find reference to it in other places on line, but all I can find is reference to some accidents with the old H16 in the 70's and the following case: http://www.lawskills.com/case/ga/id/44772/ regarding COAST CATAMARAN CORPORATION et al. v. MANN; and vice versa

--Bagheera 23:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)