Who says Hobie Cats are only known in the sailing world? The silver screen is littered with references to Hobies, and to Hobie sailing.
This is some of the evidence.
If Your Hobie Lived in Hollywood
 
Dave & HAL 2001 Space Odyssey
Dave: Open the jib slot HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that.

 
Auric Goldfinger Goldfinger
Choose your next jibe very carefully Mr.Bond. It may be your last.

 
Han Solo & Hobie One Kenobie Star Wars
Han Solo: Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to the Alderaan system? 

Hobie One Kenobi: Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship.

Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Hobie Wave?

 
Paul Hogan Crocodile Dundee
That's not a pitchpole. This is a pitchpole!

 
Humphrey Bogart Casablanca
Here's pointing at you, kid.

 
John Wayne, or Clint Eastwood, or Hopalong Cassidy, or ...
This tramp frame isn't big enough for both of us, Pardner.

 
Rhett Butler Gone With The Wind
My dear, I don't give a sheet.

 
Clemenza The Godfather
Leave the gun. Take the catamaran.

 
Scotty Star Trek
Captain, Captain. It's the windward hull!
There's a power surge and it's rising fast! I'm not sure I can hold her!!

 
Robin Batman
Holy Kleenex, Batman!
That wind shift was right under our noses and we blew it!

 
Doctor "Bones" McCoy Star Trek
I'm a Doctor, not a deck hand.

 
Ferrari Casablanca
Might as well be frank about your Hobie Wave, monsieur.
It would take a Miracle 20 to get you out of Casablanca.
And the Germans have outlawed miracles.

 
Darth Vader The Empire Strikes Back
Luke, there is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. Join me on the lee side.

 
Batman Batman
They may be Jetski drivers, Robin, but they're still human beings.

 
Lassie Lassie Come Home
Woof woof woof woof woof woof

 
Scarlett O'Hara Gone With The Wind
I'll never be turtled again.

 
W.C.Fields My Little Chickadee
Once ... when flying a hull ... I lost my corkscrew ...
and we were forced to live on nothing but food and water for days.

 
Hannibal Lecter The Silence of the Lambs
I do wish we could tack a little longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner.

 
Dorothy The Wizard of Oz
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in irons anymore.

 
Humphrey Bogart Casablanca
Furl it again, Sam.

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