Hobie 21 SE

The Hobie 21 SE is a 6.5-meter fractional sloop catamaran with a rotating spar, designed by John Wake and built by Hobie from 1987 to 1990. It was developed as a one-design for a professional racing circuit in the late 1980s and later reissued as the Hobie 21 Sport Cruiser, which included built-in storage and a cooler. The boat features a retractable beam, narrowing from 4.3 meters with wings extended to 2.4 meters retracted. Aboard Hashtag Sal, Adriano Plotzky and three crew sailed two Hobie 21 SEs 5,500 kilometers across South America, from the Caribbean through the Orinoco River to the Amazon basin.watch They used the Casiquiare canal to connect the Orinoco and Rio Negro basins without portaging.0:44 For river travel, one boat had its mast removed and a custom mosquito-proof tent installed for sleeping and cooking.1:32 The expedition relied on 1994-era GPS and paper maps, navigating with a 200-liter fuel capacity and sourcing gasoline locally.2:11 After 75 days in the rainforest, the crew removed the motors and tents in Belém before sailing the final 1,000 miles to Natal.5:47