Talk:Hilu

Questionable claim

It’s highly doubtful the Hilu, a fiberglass replica of a Polynesian proa, demands such a sum as the $20,000 speculated in the article. The Hilu is scarce today because it never gained popularity when it was available new. Rarity of an unpopular item does not automatically equate to a high value in later years, take the Yugo automobile, for example.

To corroborate this sort of speculation, some sort of verifiable proof needs to be cited, for instance reference to an auction house closing bid or a canceled check from a private exchange. It’s the actual price paid, not an imagined asking price that determines true market value. So far as the other reference (Ref #2) in the article assert, known prices paid have been $50 and $800.Sailfish&Sunfish (talk) 16:41, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the word 'technically' from the tacking outrigger description, and the term 'sport boat' from the Malibu Outrigger description. A sport boat is a type of planing keelboat, not an outrigger. The terms 'proa', 'tacking outrigger' and 'catamaran' are well established and understood in the multihull community. Saying the Hilu is 'technically' a tacking outrigger is an unneeded weasel word.Baron ridiculous (talk) 22:48, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]