New Personal Sailing Record: Oct. 18th
I sailed today (October 18th) in shorts and t-shirt. A new late season record for me. The high temperature was 78 F. This is great for Minnesota. My previous record was Oct.13.
Now, I won't feel so bad taking in the dock. I guess there is a positive side to global warming.
I too had a great late sail last Saturday. The lake temp is way up for this time of year, and the air was the same at about 62. We left our island and went upwind a couple of Km in 30knot winds, and when we turned back we couldn't see the island because of a heavy squall. As we hit the squall it began to hail - very hard!
It was too windy to get under the tramp, so we rode it into the island under what felt like machine gun fire. That was a first for me. I'll be retiring the Hobie for the winter this weekend. As soon as the ice is strong enough we will have the power kites and skis out. (Last year we hit 60km/hr with Kite and ski)
Has anyone converted the H16 to a "SnHobie Cat"?
Mac
I wondered if anyone ever put blades on the bottom of a hobie hull to make an ice boat. I know this is probably not class sanctioned, and not having ice in Southern Ca., Hobie may not have thought of this, but they should be able to scream! 
Maybe you would do best to take the hull off, and make some skates that would attach to the corner brackets?
TnT
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