Hobie Tiger Sailing

[mrdouble]

Great video. I love the song, Just downloaded it from Itunes =)

[mrdouble]

Great video. I love the song, Just downloaded it from Itunes =)

[mrdouble]

Good vid.. I really like the song, I just got it off Itunes =)

thanks

[chasglasgow1]

Top vid guys awesome sailing. i sail a tiger out of cawsand bay about 1.5 hrs from falmouth its the most awesome boat i notice when you're sailing off the wind with the kite you have the daggerboards half out i used to do this but ive heard from different people about leaving them down to give the boat lift?could you shed any light on this? thanks keep up the good work

[c011in9s]

@chasglasgow1

In low winds I tend to sail with boards full down, for the lift, to lift the hull and reduce drag. When the wind gets up i lift them up progressivly more, especially if you are wanting to go downwind. With them down it just tends to trip the boat up and you get all lift and less speed. Just try lifting them, does make a massive difference.

[chasglasgow1]

@c011in9s Thanks alot mate thats ideal ill do a bit more experimenting when i get back out on the water

[kalit8001]

Very cool video. More footage! To be continued...when?

[ShaunWhiteUsa]

this goes to by favorites

[pearlman76]

great video with all kinds of different camera shots! Do these cats go faster on one hull?

[digitaurus]

Yes - best performance if the windward hull is out of the water (eliminating hull drag) , but not too far (ideally just skimming).

[ShaunWhiteUsa]

actualy if u have all the weight on one hull u go slower and if you go flat u sail faster comon scence

[digitaurus]

Nope - you want to get the windward hull just out of the water, which is what these guys are doing most of the time. You're right for dinghies with one hull - they should be sailed as flat as possible.

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

and if you're flying the windward hull while reaching, you can lift the windward daggerboard out of the water to reduce drag

[toglusid]

better to keep the windward daggerboard down and raise the leward board - that way if the windward hull raises to far the bottom hull can "slip" sideways and assist to prevent capsize. But then again tigers get around a 1nm course so quick ur better off focusing on tactics and smooth sailing than stuffing around with centre boards unless its really light.

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

like i said, when your windward hull is out, raise the daggerboard of that hull to reduce drag... and besides if your cats going over it's going over... with a sail that size theres not much you can do XD

[toglusid]

@DrummerInTheCity1091 hmmmm I'll stand by raising the leward daggerboard, not the windward daggerboard. It will assist to prevent raising the windward hull beyond an efficient height and also therefore assist against a capsize. But being a 16 sailor, I don't really need to worry about daggerboards. Our hull profile prevents the kind of slippage that a Tiger Hull would accomodate. Anyways, I thought Tigers fly a hull in under 10 knots.

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

ya but think about it if your flying one hull and you life the leeward daggerboard, yes i agree you will have a small speed boost, but, in a race, what are you going to do when its time to tack, its already ahrd enough to tacdk a 18ft tiger, let alone with only one daggerboard! but yes you arte right when using a 16 or straight out dragracing raising tthe leeward board can be helpful,

[DanZgoulding]

no you are talking about mono-hulls

cants go faster as there is less friction with the water when you are flying a hull

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

LOL ur so dumb, ok, say your trying to sweep your arms though water... not too fst... now sweep one arm.. much faster, the idea behind it is drag, , when using one hull you dont have to push nearly as much water as when using just one hull

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

that was at shaunwhiteusa, not danZ

[ShaunWhiteUsa]

yeah but theres a thing called drag and if you have all your weight on one side you wont sail as fast as opposed to having your weight distributed

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

you're clearly retarded amd have never sailed a cat, im not even going to try and explain it to you anymore

[ShaunWhiteUsa]

i own one bitch and your the retard so get the dick out of your mouth and actually think about it u can suck my ball

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

imbicile, the weight is being pushed onto the leeward hull anyway, and unless your sinking the leeward hull when flying the windward one,(which means you have a problem) its the water moving over and around the hulls that create drag, the pushing aside of water is what you are thinking of, whihc contributes, but on an 18ft where not mutch of the hull is underwater its not the ladder causing the most drag

[DrummerInTheCity1091]

see i told you so

[waterboitom]

i feel like i should clear things up, by flying 1 hull out of the water firstly you reduce drag, secondly this creates lift allowing the boat to point much higher upwind, while doing this you need the rig to stay as effcient as possible basically as upright as possible. so we sail the boat with the windward hull just skimming, no drag, creates lift and the rig is not leaning over too far. believe me its much faster!

[tomgwada]

great job!well done guys!!it's very nice!

[maddmuskrats2]

sick video brahs, i own a 17 and i enjoy it but i really want a tiger. it's good to see that there are other people out there my age that appreciate flying a hull!

[ridgerider1182]

i love sailing i need to get my 29er out but cats are ausme

[WindRider707]

sweetness, nice technique, solid wind . . . cat sailors rule

[skydawg98]

Great Hobie footage!! I can't wait to get my Hobie 16 out! Dawg

[aj3071]

i miss sailing so much

we sold are old 18 in 2004

i want to git back into it but i need a boat

[elRCdrifter]

sweet vid mate

the way it should be

keep up the good sailing

by the way

whats the name of this song

cheerz

[waterboitom]

the song is y a band called reliant K and its called "when i go down"

[FlibblyWub]

Nice! It must be incredible with the spinnaker up and you're out on the wire.

[c011in9s]

Almost unconbareable. You havnt lived untill you have sailed a tiger.

great vid, nice sailing

[ColonelDimitry]

amen to that