HOBIE 3.5
Cat (rotating spar) • Catamaran (no boards/asym.) • Built 1975–1979
Dimensions
- LOA
- 11.5 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 6 ft
- Max Draft
- 0.67 ft
- Displacement
- 160 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 4.42 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 48.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 90 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran (no boards/asym.)
- Rig Type
- Cat (rotating spar)
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1975
- Last Built
- 1979
- Number Built
- —
Notes: AKA the Hobie 11, the HOBIE 3.5 is based on the HOBIE 14 but scaled down for kids weighing less than 140 lbs. Other parts are shared with the MONOCAT 12, including rudders, mast and mast step. The boat had wooden rudders with a different rudder casting locking system. It was also considerably narrower which, in theory, allowed easier righting after a capsize.
Designer
- Hobie Alter (1933–2014)
Builder
- Hobie Cat (1966–1976)