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Hobie Cat 16 Classic

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General specification
Type	Sport Catamaran
Ship Yard	Hobie Cat Europe (France)
Designer	Hobie Alter (USA)
Launching year	1971
Trapeze	Double

Dimensions
Length Over All (LOA)	5.05 m	16.57 ft
Length of Water Line (LWL)	4.64 m	15.22 ft
Hull Beam (BH)	2.43 m	7.97 ft
Draft	0.60 m	1.97 ft
Draft without appendices	0.27 m	0.89 ft
Height	7.92 m	25.98 ft

Sail Area
Rigging	Splited sloop
Upwind sail area	18.89 m²	203.33 sq ft
Downwind sail area	33.89 m²	364.79 sq ft
Mainsail area	13.77 m²	148.22 sq ft
Jib area	5.12 m²	55.11 sq ft
Asymmetrical spinnaker area	15.00 m²	161.46 sq ft

Performance
Upwind sail area / Light displacement	130.28 m² / Tonne	1,424.7 sq ft / ton
Downwind sail area / Light displacement	233.72 m² / Tonne	2,556.0 sq ft / ton
Upwind sail area / Beam	7.77 m² / m	25.5 sq ft / ft
Downwind sail area / Beam	13.95 m² / m	45.8 sq ft / ft
Ballast percentage	0.0 %

Rigging
Mast's material	Extruded aluminium
Mast's type	Wing mast with little inertia put on kneecap
Mast's holding	Simple rigging at the isounds
Spreader mast type	No spreader bar
Stay	Stranded cable

Hull and appendices
Hulls' material	Sandwich
Light displacement	145 kg	320 lb
Anti leeway devices	Assimetrical hulls
Helm's type	Tiller with stick
Rudders	Two rudders

Securtity and regulation
Maximum crew member	3
Crew number during races	2
Class	ISAF
Rating	1.16
CE certification	C

General specification