Hobie Cat

I'm like, still there's no wind, but I'm still passing all these other boats.

Like, cause it's a, it's a Hobie cat.

It's fast as shit.

I'm like, go.

So Sandals does include a lot more water sports.

So kayaks, windsurfing, hobby cats, which are like the miniature catamarans that they'll teach you how to use, aqua trikes, they have glass bottom boat tours, and then they also do snorkeling excursions that are included and which they do not have snorkeling excursions included at Secrets Capcana, and then also scuba diving is included at Sandals.

That's a big deal.

Yes, if you are a certified scuba diver, then you, I mean, Ochi would be your choice, hands down.

100%.

Yeah, and then at Secrets Capcana, as far as water sports, they've got the Hobby Cats, windsurfings, kayaks, paddle boards.

That's kind of it.

They don't really do, you know, much else.

You were

... on a Hobie Cat [laughing].

[laughs]

[laughs]

Cape Town, there was always this kind of waterman culture.

Um, and then, you know, they, they were-- it would go to specialization, but you know, like some of, you know, my biggest influences were, you know, guys who would go windsurfing and then sail Hobie Cats and then be surfing, you know, like four-foot barrels and then, you know, like that would be their day.

You know, so I mean, when I was-- like I always kinda got brought up in this, um, kind of culture.

Mm.

So he's written Finding Direction in the Age of AI, Wired for Purpose, and my new favorite, The Digital Compass.

And all of them bring you, I think, to to the point in your mind where you're embracing technology and I think AI too, but where is the human side of all of this? Where are we as humans? And plus he's a kid from Ohio who almost drowned on a sailboat, which was my fantasy to be on an 18 foot Hobie cat somewhere in Aruba.

He did it and he did it with a stepdad and luckily they survived.

So you're going to hear about that harrowing tale.

Thank you so much.

That was an incredible introduction.

You made me laugh because I kept thinking like, oh my God, that 18-foot Hobie cat.

Those are memories that I will not forget.

... on Walloon Lake.

And I was sailing, going on a rip on a Hobie Cat.

Nice enthusiasm.

And, um, I was very enthusiastic, and I did a couple tacks, and I, uh, did a couple gybes, and it was all feeling good.

20 knots.

Ripping it.

Hobie Cat away.

It was great.

I did not actually remember to wear a summer shirt.

I, uh, but I happened to wear to work today a Hobie Cat shirt, and that's why I'm just wearing a Hobie Cat, uh, T-shirt.

Can you explain to those of us who either, I don't know if it's, are not from California or are not-

I can't believe-

... boomers, what a Hobie Cat is?

It's amazing to me that there would be a person on Earth who does not know what a Hobie Cat...

Okay, I'm taking a survey.

The three of you there in the booth, Hobie Cat? Hobie...

Um, those are the experiences that you might remember forever.

And then we're gonna sail my, uh, my Hobie Cat, my little, uh, 18-foot Hobie Cat, the, uh, Magic Carpet.

And there's an experience there that's very personal to me, right? If I can bring my Hobie Cat over to you for this expedition, I want us to sail, and not re- I mean, really sail.

Not everyone on other commercial boat trips actually sails.

They might have sails on their, on their 45-foot catamaran, but do they really put it up? Sometimes, yeah, but do you put it up? Do y- are you the one at the tiller? Hmm, maybe not.