Hobie Tiger and Wild Cat Sailing

The best of the two modern performance cat worlds : Formula 18 racing, and the ISAF recognised Hobie Tiger International Class. The Hobie Tiger, nearing 1 000 units worldwide, has active fleet racing on 4 continents.
On the open regatta side, the Hobie Tiger has won at least once all great F18 regatta: - Round Texel (1995, 2001, 2003) - Eurocat (1996 - 2002 - 2003) - F18 European championships (1999) - F18 world championships (2000, 2001 & 2002) - F18 Vice World Champion (2003).
On the class regatta side, already 3 Hobie Tiger world championships have been organised with great success. The last one was held in Singapore in February 2003.
The Hobie Tiger CatamaranThe Hobie Tiger Catamaran

Standard Equipment

- Symmetric white hulls in polyester
- Double trapeze with J&H handles
- Daggerboard
- Anti-skid neoprene
- Jib furler
- Fibreglas tiller extension
- Harken Race mainsheet system
- Mesh trampoline with pocket
- White Knight rudder blades
- Fredericksen main traveller
- Square Top Mylar main sail and Foc radial cut white or colour
- self-tacking jib

Options

- 2-piece mast
- Jib cunningham
- Pack Open Class (std blades and boards + carbon blades and boards)
- Spi kit Classical(white or yellow sail)
- Spi kit Trumpet
- Spi kit trumpet soft
- Sport wings
- Comfort wings
- Classic wings
- Anti-skid neoprene
- boat cover + rudder and blade covers
- Cat Trax with cradles

Specifications

- Length: 5,51 m
- Width: 2,50/2,60 m
- Mast height: 9 m
- Weight (with spi): 180 kg
- Mainsail area: 17 m2
- Jib area: 3,45/4,15 m2
- Spi area: 19/21 m2
- ISAF International Class
- Crew: 2-3
- EC homologation
- Category C
- ISAF rating : 1,01 (with spi)