The Hobie 16 South African National Championships 2017 is being held at held at Club Mykonos, Langebaan. Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town and has hosted Hobie World Championships as well as many South African Championships. With a tough competition with current Hobie 16 world champion Daniel Bjornholt Christensen and his brother Nicolaj from Denmark. […]

26 Open and 12 youth teams competed at Dadonghai Beach, Sanya, China. The racing was 1st to 3rd September. Sanya is on Hainan Island, the most southern part of China. Sanya is famous for the water sports activities and the Hobies certainly added the colour to the island. Sanya is one of the most popular […]

Since the French National Championships in Châtelaillon-Plage this past June, we were sure that the Hobie spirit was still alive. The Hobie World Cat organized in Sylt by Pro Sail last week has shown that it is still powerful. What are ingredients of such success? Let’s try to see…. Countries in all parts of the […]

The victory of the Hobie World Cat 2017 at the Brandenburg beach in Westerland on Sylt goes to Australia. The team Cam Owen / Susan Ghent sailed impressivly in all conditions, won half of the races and the victory was celebrated on Sunday at the price giving in a full tent of visitors and their […]

Day 1 for the Waves, H16 Youth, H17 and H18 FROM THE SIGNAL BOAT What a challenging day it was today for the start of Mini-Mega Part 2 – the Waves, H16 Youth, H17 and H18s. The day started early with rain and storms forecast all day including imbedded thunderstorms. We were looking to get […]

From 8th August the world’s best Hobie 16 sailors will start at the Hobie World Cat 2017 within the Sylt Sailing Week. A total of 9 invited teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, South Africa and the USA will compete.

After two days of near perfect sailing conditions two inshore races and tow long distance races have been held. Wind conditions on both days have been 6/8 knots on the start line building to 12/15 midday and 18/20 to top of the days. The racing has been held in lagoons or behind islands. With flat […]

SATURDAY 1st & SUNDAY 2nd JULY 2017 – ST AUBINS BAY JERSEY A large Fleet of Hobie Cats are expected to sail in this year’s Championships taking place in St Aubin’s bay over next weekend. This will be the 26th year of the biggest event in the Channel Islands Hobie racing calendar. Hobie Cat classes […]

Day 1 Competitors were greeted with breezy conditions, warm temperatures and sun as they rigged their boats for day one of the Hobie 16 and Hobie 20 North American Championships but it was “not to be”. Shortly after racing started the breeze moderated resulting in a shifty up and down condition with large shifts and […]

Valle de Bravo is an artificial dam created in 1947, located 156 km, southeast of the City of Mexico. It has a surface of 2,900 hectares, making it the ideal location in Mexico, for the practice of water sports, specially sailing.