Videos: Sailing Hobies

Sailing Basics:

Sailing a Hobie is pretty easy.  Check out this video by one of the top sailors in the country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFliNR3wW_w

Knot Tying Essentials: Bowlines, Figure 8, Cleat Hitch

http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboating.php?LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com 

Fun double-trapeze sailing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80jOFQ1kVfs

The Extreme: 

Sail Rocket performing a backflip while attempting to break the world speed sailing record.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfJK5ycx_hg

Hobie F18 in the "French Trench," a man-made speed trials course in southern France. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9LFsyoUDDQ

Sailing in the Surf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuRvujRFsjY&feature=related

Hobie 16 Pitchpole: This can be fun on warm days!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQth-31y5kw&feature=related

Waterskiing Behind a Hobie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOY9Di_6mFs&feature=related

Big Multihulls:

"Everybody," the best sailing video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWINygISxDE

Hydroptere: The fastest ocean (open water) sailboat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCuP-XHefTo&feature=related

Big conditions, upwind and close reaching, hull flying in an ORMA 60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZDS3miKQCc&NR=1

Wakeboarding behind an ORMA 60, double hull flying!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLMOdhce-Pk&feature=related

More wakeboarding with music behind and ORMA 60

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3newWpF__vA&feature=related