[quote=yelkenli1]I would recommend the H16 over the wave. When I was young, my parents took me out off the SC coast and we sailed in swells and waves. I used to take friends out when I was a teenager, and our favorite was plowing through the waves over the sand bars. Plenty of flips and pitch poles, but not enough to be a nuisance or a significant danger. My message to you is that we figured out how to sail the Hobie 16 in the swells and waves and you can too.
Fast forward 25 years, I was in the Caribbean and rented a Hobie Wave. 20 knots of wind, and probably 1.5 to 2 meter swells. I had my 9 and 12 year olds on the boat. I was happy with the smaller sail and more bow buoyancy. However, this was a rental boat in a foreign land, and I did kept an eagle eye on that lee bow.
The alternative is something similar in speed to a Hobie 16 but with more bow. But I like the H16.
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