Word: hobe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sail fills with wind, the windsurfer arches backward in the breeze and hangs suspended over the waves. "In light winds, the fun is in feeling the mellowness of smooth water," exults Ken Winner, 24, a champion windsurfer who once sailed his rig 100 miles from Hobe Sound, Fla., to Miami in six hours and 49 minutes. "But then you also have the gut thrills of a roller coaster when you get high winds and big waves...
Water does not always guarantee security. Even Westlake Island could learn something from an exclusive, 21-home development in Florida's Hobe Sound, which uses the Westinghouse system with an added touch: because the community is built along a network of canals, a closed-circuit television system monitors the waterways to keep amphibious thieves away...