Hobie FX One

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The Hobie FX One, on the water

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.51 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 154 kg of hull, so roughly 750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 154 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LightHeavy

31 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 31

EasygoingPowered-up

56.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 56.6

Draws more than ~89% of boats her size on file

Compared with 144 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

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Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)

Ratios

SA / displacement

56.6

Displacement / length

30.9

Hull

Hull type

Catamaran Twin Dbrd.

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2005

Designer

Hobie Cat Europe

Builder

Hobie Cat Europe

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