Series 2 The Women and Youth are each competing for World Championship titles while the Great Grand Masters, and the Grand Masters are competing to take home the Hobie International Cup in each division.
Day 1 The weather was hot, the water clear and warm and for a short time a light drizzle cooled everyone down just before racing began. A light breeze of 8kts meant race one, on day one of the regatta went ahead on schedule and it turned out that there were four races held during […]
Among numerous Hobie Cat® challenges organized in France in 2016 (visit our website: http://www.afhobiecat.com/ don’t miss the French Hobie Cat 16 Classic championships, from the 11th to the 13th of November 2016 at the lake of Carcans-Maubuisson (Gironde). During 3 days, you will battle with the best French champion….and take the time to discover one […]
Fleet 204 from Syracuse, NY has a long reputation for running large and fun regattas on their local lake. In 1976, they started the “Madcatter” regatta and had 14 attendees. Some years later they added a preceding event – a tune up event called the “Madhatter”.
Six months before the annual French Hobie Cat® 16 Classic Championships which will hold from the 11th to the 13th of November 2016 on the Lake of Carcans-Maubuisson (Gironde), the French Hobie® Championships 2016 held in Lancieux (Côte d’Emeraude) between the 14th and the 16th of May.
The IHCA Rules Committee wishes to put the following rules out for comment. Comments to be sent to rules@hobieclass.com with copy to david.brookes@hobieclass.com. Please state your full name and the Hobie® Association/Fleet you are a paid up member of when making your comment. Deadline: June 18, 2016. The proposed changes are supposed to go into […]
A high-class season opening of the Super Sail Tour in Grömitz with more than 90 boats, sun, hail, a lot of wind and great atmosphere among the sailors. Grömitz was already the host venue in the past few years of the first stop of four in Germany‘s biggest sail-event tour.
21st April On the 21st of April, everyone met in Aracaju in the State of Sergipe. We trailered the Hobies to Ilha das Flores, also in the State of Sergipe, which sits at the mouth of the “Old San Francisco” river. By 13:00 hours, we all arrived at the bed and breakfast. By the end […]
The America’s Cup youth education and sailing program, called America’s Cup Endeavour, is branching out to New York and Chicago over the coming months. AC Endeavour has been operating in Bermuda, the host venue for the 2017 America’s Cup, since last year.
Hobie Cat Worldwide in conjunction with the International Hobie Class Association would like to advise all their sailors of the future World Championships schedule. 2016 Hobie 16 Worlds – China, 2017 Hobie 16 Europeans / Hobie 14 Worlds & Hobie Wild Cat Worlds – Europe 2018 Hobie 16 Worlds – Europe 2019 Hobie 14 Worlds […]
A fleet of 18 Hobie 14s lined up for the first H14 Nationals in 17 years. The competitors ranged from Hobie “Die Hards” sailing boats that cost from $0 – $1000, borrowed boats through to brand new boats.
The European Hobie Class has produced a calendar of Hobie racing for 2016. Designed to help sailors maximise their time to attend as many Hobie events as possible. The two highlights for 2016 are the: 21st Hobie World Championships 29th May to 13 June Shenzhen Hobie Cat Multieuropeans 22nd to 30th July Lake Neusiedl Calendar […]
Day 1 After two days of registration and welcome party the 2015 Hobie® Australian Hobie Championships the racing got underway. The strong southerly breeze that battered the recent Sydney to Hobart fleet had dropped to perfect 8-12 knots.
Hobie Cat® Worldwide and the International Hobie Class Association are pleased to announce that the 21st Hobie 16 World Championships will take place in 2016, at the idyllic location of Dapeng, Longgang, which is set among the scenic mountains of the Dapeng District of Shenzhen in southern China.
2016 HOBIE 16/18 NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP PUERTO PEÑASCO, MEXICO OCTOBER 10-14, 2016 With an easy 4.5 hour drive from both Phoenix and Tucson, the regatta site is just an hour south of the border. A working port, this small Mexican fishing village boasts warm water, a sheltered harbor, wonderful downtown and a beautiful sandy beach. […]
With less than a week to go before the first warm-up regatta, competitors in the 2015 Hobie Cat 14 and Hobie Cat 16 Brasilian National Championship regatta have started to arrive in Porto Belo, Santa Catarina. The first sailor to arrive was Mario Dubeux, with his crew Nirvana. Mario also brought Graziela, who will start […]
