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Hobie Mirage Tandem Island

April 13, 2012

Currently available: $5,249  Visit their site to learn more

One of our editors is still in love with the Hobie-16, so whenever anything Hobie crosses our desk, it’s seized upon. Enter the Hobie Mirage Tandem Island. It’s a kayak. It’s a trimaran. It’s a kayak and a trimaran. And, maybe it’s an outrigger kayak too if you want to get technical. Two people can move very quickly in this kayak and then, like MacGyver, convert it en-route into a trimaran and take off even faster when the wind picks-up, with both having controls over the large mainsail. And just to make things more interesting, it has two sets of “MirageDrive” pedals that operate like penguin flippers, making the need for paddles obsolete. This is going to be fun!

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