”2020 Wanning Hobie 16 Round Island Challenge“ was hosted by the People’s Government of Wanning City, Tourism Culture and Sports Bureau of Wanning City, Hainan China Source Shimei Bay Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and co organized by Hainan Huanqiu Tuohai Culture and Sports Co., Ltd. Wanning is a city in the southeast of Hainan Province, […]

The Hobie Cat 16 Spi and Hobie Dragoon Class Double National Championships concluded in Pescara. In the beautiful scenery of the Coast of Pescara at the Sailing Circle, the 2020 Italian Hobie Cat Championships was held, which saw on the same body of water regatta 55 boats in the two youth categories, Hobie Dragoon and Hobie […]

The official Danish Sailing Hobie Cat 16 SPI Championship (DS-DM) was after a COVID-19 postponement a couple of months successfully conducted here in the past weekend on the waters of Odense Fjord outside the hosting club, Sejlklubben Egensedybet. And what a blast. With winds in periods gusting up to around 30 knots and an average […]

Despite that foreign sailors could not attend due to covid 19 restrictions, on Saturday 10 enthusiastic Hobie sailors were ready for the start. The weather conditions were rough with 16-25 knots northwest with a very high surf. Our best sailors and the lifeboat flipped over in the surf. We decided with pain in our hearts […]

The Hobie Class Assn of North America, Ocean Springs Yacht Club, Ocean Springs Sailing Squadron & Hobie Fleet 70 are excited to present Hobie Mini-Mega North American Championships. From October 18-25 2020 we shall have the Hobie 14, Hobie Wave, Hobie 17,18 16 Women and 16 Youth, racing at Ocean Springs Yacht Club, Mississippi. Sail […]

The Austrian Hobie 16 Championships was held 25-26 July 2020. It was hosted by the Yacht-Cub Weiden on Neusiedleer See the largest lake in Austria.The racing was conducted in a variety of conditions testing out the skill of the sailors. Congratulations to Daniel Tippelt and Valerie Sindelar on winning the Hobie 16 class championship 2020 […]

The 2020 Hobie 14 Wassenaar cup  which is the unofficial Dutch Hobie Nations will be held at Kust Zeil Vereniging Wassenaar (KZVW). The KZVW is located at the “Wassenaarse Slag”, one of the finest and most beautiful places along the Dutch coast. There is camping available on the beach and a BBQ. For more information […]

The committee is working with Ocean Springs YC to bring back the Hobie Mini-Mega, October 19-25th.  They are hopeful the world will be a bit more settled then.  Included classes would be the Hobie Wave, 14, 17, 18, 16-Women, 16-Youth.  The full details are being discussed , but expect the event to be similar to […]

The European Hobie Class Association (EHCA) has produced a 2020 Calendar for Hobie racing in Europe. Many have the web site for contacting the hosts. Download the PDF Version of the EHCA Racing Calendar with active links (updated 18 February 2020)

Racing on day 1 With four races on day 1 with the wind building up to 20 knots it was the perfect stat to the Australian Hobie Championships. With the current European Champions sailing on their home city am Owen  and Susan Ghent take the lead. three first places and a second place. Closely followed […]

The Royal Channel Island Yacht Club  Hobie Fleets Love Wine ‘Summer Breeze’ series came to a close recently. The last two races were held in somewhat lively sailing conditions, with the wind gusting to 26kts at times, the two crew Hobie teams experienced exhilarating but fast and challenging sailing as they raced in St Aubin’s […]

Day 1 With the Hobie 16 and 20 sailors all attending the North American Championships at Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia – Canada it seems somebody forgot to order the wind. With no wind there was no racing for the day. Though the chief judge gave an informative rules lecture which was appreciated by all […]