I do this every once and a while at the sailing school i work at with Hobie 16's and 18's, what we do is have a line attached well to the forestay and...

I am selling the hooter for $800,sail, furling system and lines to it, also the blocks if you want them, no pole

sorry i have been really swamped for a while, but i think i'm going to get a spin and sell the hooter... so Hobiesailor1, where are you, i'm in Madiso...

okay thanks for all the input i'll have to take all this into consideration

well, experience with a spin really is not an issue, it is all set up for the hooter, i'm just wondering if there is any real performance difference

a Nacra 5.5 and i'd be sailing it with the jib