[quote=DamonLinkous][quote=CatKat]He does better on the stbd tack on his Hobie 16, and I do better on the port tack on my Dart 18[/quote]
Kate, are you and hubby both sailing solo? Are you sailing the Dart with two sails or as a Uni?
First the Hobie 16 does have a faster rating that the Dart 18 and quite a bit faster than the Dart 18 Uni.
rating d-pn/0-3mph/4-12mph/13-17mph
Hobie 16 -- 76/81.5/78.7/74.1
Dart 18 Sloop 2-up -- 76.3/81.3/79.7/76.6
Dart 18 Uni 1-up -- 78.7/84/82.2/78.6
So if you both sail your boats to their potential the Hobie 16 should always beat you across the line or around the course.
In the real world there are a million variables. I can tell you that a very well sailed Hobie 16 can be nearly unbeatable downwind in light air because they can do some crazy shenanigans with weight distribution that enables the boat to sails with hardly any hull in the water (due to the banana shaped hulls) and angle nearly dead down wind, which is hard to make up for until the wind picks up enough to make your jibing angles pay off.
DO NOT try to follow a H16 straight downwind on a boat that needs to jibe.[/quote]
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