It's not you, it's me.

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Jul 21, 2005
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One winday fall day I took my then girlfriend and my sister out on the Hobie 16. Once we got out to open water, we spent the next half hour on screaming reaches, flying the hull. My girlfriend, who'd never been on a Hobie before, asked "What keeps us from tipping over?". Seeing as how both she and my sister were just passengers, and I was doing all the work, I responded "I do", whereupon, a slight gust hit us, I failed to compensate, the boat eased up into that "there's nothing you can do now but wait and hope" position, and proceeded to go over. My girlfriend and sister are sliding across the trampoline into the water. Because my sister has limited use of an arm due to a recent stroke, I dive across my girlfriend and grab my sister to make sure she won't go under. My sister's laughing hysterically. She's been through this drill hundreds of times, and doesn't seem to need any rescue. From then on, my sister jokingly claims that was the beginning of the end of the relationship with that girlfriend.
 
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Girlfriend in the drink

I forget hwat year Opal hit but it was in the early 90's. I was just learning to sail my AquaFinn (Sunfish with a larger cockpit). My girlfriend and I were out on the Tennessee River on the remnants of Opal. Later radio reports 28mph winds. Suffice it to say it was white-knuckle sailing. Girlfriend sees the worry on my face and laughs saying, "Why are you so up tight? This is fuuuuunn!" Oh if you only knew how out of control we are, I said. Ha, ha she replies. A few minutes later we are running full out. Its a lanteen rig and the sail is out at 90 degrees and had there been a foil on the foot of the daggerboard we would have been out of the water. Its all I can do to keep the bow from going straight down. Just then a gust hits and over she goes. Girlfriend, luckily wearing a jacket is launched a good ten feet through the air. I, don't ask me how, manage to highside, leg over onto the dagger board, pull the boat back upright and slide back in dry above the knee. She is soaked, long flowing hair a wet rat's nest and choking up water, screaming for help. I pull her into the boat and ask, "Why are you so uptight? This is fuuun! I wonder what ever happened to her? Mike
 
Jun 2, 2004
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Some times I miss my hobie 18

I have a hunter 290 and my wife yells at me when we heel past 15 and I wonder how she enjoyed our hobie for so many years. nick
 
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