HOBIE 14
Cat (rotating spar) • Catamaran (no boards/asym.) • Built 1967
Dimensions
- LOA
- 14 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 7.67 ft
- Max Draft
- 0.67 ft
- Displacement
- 240 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 4.94 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 48.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 118 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran (no boards/asym.)
- Rig Type
- Cat (rotating spar)
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1967
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: The first Hobie Cat and one of the most popular catamarans ever, though soon eclipsed in sheer numbers by the even more successful HOBIE 16. \nA TURBO version added a jib. (Total SA: 148 sq. ft./13.75m2.)\nDiscontinued for sale in the US in 2004.\nProduction continued in Europe for a few more years.
Designer
- Hobie Alter (1933–2014)
Builder
- Hobie Cat (1966–1976)