This sat i was sailing with a buddy on a twin mystere 5.5 (same sails and everything)
we went south under 1 bridge and went by the sailing center
we noticed a cool boat rigging and went for a peek

low and behold it was our friend Robbie Daniel on a flying phantom with wing-seats
he asked us to sail upwind and reaching - we tried to keep up . :)
Neat! Fun! Fast

https://www.youtube.com/w…pB-U4-E&feature=youtu.be

Robbie makes all boats look easy to sail...
Redgear is on their game.

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Joshua

Texas Gulf Coast
'82 Prindle 16 (Badfish)
'02 Hobie Wave (Unnamed Project)
‘87 Hobie 18 (Sold)
‘89 Hobie 17 (ill-advised project boat, Sold)
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He is the nicest guy too
great ambassador to the sport

I raced against him a few times... always neat to see how well he manages every part of the course

Wanted to check this, but youtube link says "this video is unavailable." ?

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1998 P18.2
Sailing out of SHBCC, NJ
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CatFan57

Wanted to check this, but youtube link says "this video is unavailable." ?

opps was set to private
should be good now

Now I know how those Getaways feel.

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Prindle 18
96734
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Both Robbie and Jill are top notch ambassadors to the sport. Took one of their F16/F18 clinics a few years back.

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Joshua

Texas Gulf Coast
'82 Prindle 16 (Badfish)
'02 Hobie Wave (Unnamed Project)
‘87 Hobie 18 (Sold)
‘89 Hobie 17 (ill-advised project boat, Sold)
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Now I know how those Getaways feel.

I actually had them beat for a few seconds... then he sheeted in

I felt like a bigwheel racing a ferrari

,.. then he sheeted in.

Champ surfer John John Florence has a new flying phantom at our club. He took it out for its maiden flight w/ a gaggle of photo chase boats and a few local sailors in tow.

I didn’t bother following them, cuz I didn’t want to be immortalized as the “poster child” of slow boats.

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Prindle 18
96734
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Enjoyable video, thx 4 posting. The fast boat looks great, but so does just cruising the warm, blue-green waters in style.



Edited by CatFan57 on May 07, 2019 - 08:03 AM.

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1998 P18.2
Sailing out of SHBCC, NJ
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Man that thing is really fast!!! Very cool boat.

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Marty
1984 Hobie 16 Redline Yellow Nationals, "Yellow Fever"
Opelika, Al / Lake Martin
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yea it is neat and fast and expensive...

i LOVE the cassette rudder$