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| Here she is set up in the backyard. HeyZeus approves! |
A new toy for our upcoming adventure! And, more than just a sailboat this is a Hobie Mirage Tandem Island Trimaran. A mix of a kayak, catamaran and a sailboat! I can already envision us out in the warm waters off Mexico’s coast using our “island” as the perfect oasis. Just drop the anchor and lounge, swim and snorkel off her! We’ll also be setting up rod holders so we can fish from her too. The Hobie kayaks are pedal kayaks, so no paddling unless you want to…but with a sail and a bit of wind you don’t need to do either! Personally, I’m looking forward to the peddles. We’ve had many kayaks over the years but none that were pedal driven. We can also use it as a tandem kayak just on it’s own for narrow waterways or if we don’t feel like setting it up fully.
We were fortunate to find this 2019 lightly used model for sale right here on the island from a couple who live in Brentwood Bay. This past Sunday we took the Mill Bay ferry to go pick her up. In all our years living on the island we had never taken the Mill Bay ferry. It was a perfect 25 min trip over that allowed us to avoid the Malahat mountain. That was important because we are still waiting for our new cap for the truck to come in, so had to build our own wooden rack in the truck bed to be able to go and pick it up. I won’t get into the cost of a 2x4 right now…ouch! Trimming off that drive time was well worth the cost of the ferry. I’d like to say it was a nice boat ride over, but it was freezing cold and windy, so we didn’t get out to sightsee.
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| Dan double checking the tie down points while we wait for the ferry. “That ain’t going anywhere!” |
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| View from the front (to see the pictures larger, just click on any picture) |
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| Home at last! |
We got her home safe and sound. She’s a bit of a brute when it comes to weight. The main kayak is 130lbs unrigged. Fully rigged she’s 18’6” long, 10’ wide and 240 lbs. To see it in motion check out this short Hobie Tandem Island promo video. She’s gonna be so much fun!!
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| View from top (without the trampolines on either side) |
Next steps are to give her a name and a good wash-down. I look forward to a future blog to share our adventures out enjoying this beauty! Not too much longer to go until my leave from work starts!!! 🏝🇲🇽Things are looking up for the land borders to be open again by this fall, fingers, toes, arms, legs and even 👀’s crossed!! 😜
