Hobie heaven

I've long been interested sailing, and have been pretty handy at the tiller of a dinghy for some time.

We recently spent a week at Donner Lake in the Sierra Nevadas, and got the chance to mess about with a Hobie Wave.

The picture shows the placid affair on the first occasion, but the next day the wind came up nicely and we all got thoroughly wet cutting through the chop!

I'm really tempted to buy a boat like this - a new Hobie Wave costs ~$4500 - and trailer it around the Bay Area.

We've got both the Shoreline Aquatic Center right by us,  with more adventurous places like Coyote Point at Redwood City, the San Francisco Bay, Half Moon Bay or even Santa Cruz all around. Sailing paradise.

I remember having great fun any time I got to hang out with friends sailing as a teenager growing up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, so its something I want my kids to enjoy too.