[quote=nacraman57]Ed, I have been unable to duplicate that speed in the six years since it happened. Although I had a solid lock on six satellites at the time, I sometimes question the accuracy of those handheld GPS units on those "spurts" of speed. In fact I have rarely tracked over 20 mph since then. I love taking Hobie 16 owners out double trapped and stuff the hulls to the front crossbeams...when they see the hulls disappearing under water they start bracing for the pitchpole and the look of surprise when the hulls pop back up is priceless! A couple weeks ago I called in sick to do some solo 5.0 sailing and I noticed that it seemed more difficult to "horse" it around on the beach. I attributed it to old age and multiple Bush Lites! On my way home I stopped by the local truck scale and weighed truck, trailer, boat and all. Went home, dumped off the 5.0, sails, rudders, etc, drove back, got the tare and found out it weighed 380lbs.! Exactly the same as my 5.7! The 5.0 is an "83 when they were built out of solid fiberglass and the 5.7 is an "87 which was built after they switched to the foam core layup. I remember you saying that your 5.0 is one of the newer ones and I was wondering if you have ever "scaled" it to get a true weight.[/quote]
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