I hoist my boat in the water via crane and have to paddle perilously close to steel pilings and motorboats. I'm thinking I shouldn't use the wings on my Hobie 18 cause of extra beam and complications when hoisting the boat in, but I could be wrong. What are a good used set of magnum wings worth?
yellowhulls
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Posted: Sep 05, 2008 - 09:13 PM
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Posted: Sep 06, 2008 - 03:20 AM
Hoist boat in water using a crane ! (trying to picture this)
Anyway...I to have a 18 mag. If yer not going to use them, I would keep em~~ it's a dying breed. I have some spares for my 17 & 18. but 18 wings I don't have as yet, but if I were you... hold on to them~~you could be sorry later..
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Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 12:55 PM
yes, the sailors in my fleet who have 18's all have wings. in fact they tell me that they wouldn't sail a 18 with out them anymore.
I sail an 18, but I race it, so I held off on the wings. But I do have a set in my garage waiting for the day when I'm ready to put them on.
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Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 03:22 PM
I decided to sell them to a Chicago 18 sailor, he made an offer I couln't refuse, now for better sails...oh the cyclical process of throwing money into the water, aint it fun
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Posted: Sep 15, 2008 - 03:34 PM
If you don't go with Hobie sails from your local dealer, make sure and checkout the http://www.WhirlwindSails.com
the sails in my Avatar are their SuperR Pentax model, I've also got a set of the Dacron RadilaX design which are really nice. pic
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Damon Linkous
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