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Savills Channel Islands Hobie Cat Championships – 20th & 21st August 2022.

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 16 Start
13
Aug

St Aubin’s Bay is expected to be awash with colour when the 31st Channel Islands Hobie Cat Championships return on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st August. Hosted and organised by the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club (RCIYC), around 30 boats from Jersey, Guernsey, and the UK are expected to take to the water for a […]

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Hobie 17 & Hobie 18 North American Championships

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 17
03
Aug

The 2022 Hobie 17/18 North American Championship is hosted by Perry Yacht Club. Perry Yacht Club is a private, gated club on the North end of Perry Lake. It features a private beach for launching, Hot showers, and restrooms, and a fantastic view of the racing area. Primitive Camping and limited RV parking is available, […]

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Events Archive, News

New & Charter Boats Available for the 50th Australian Hobie Nationals

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobies On The Beach
02
Aug

Calling all International Hobie Sailors to the 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. The NSW Hobie Cat Association and the Vincentia Sailing Club, along with Hobie Asia Pacific have some very special news for you regarding the 50th Australian Hobie Cat Nationals. Like everyone else, we are utterly blown away at the scale this event […]

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News

Adriatic Hobie Cat Cup

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie Adriatic Cup 14
02
Aug

On Sunday 31 July, the sixth race day of the Adriatic Hobie Cat Cup (AHCC) 2022 was held, now in its fifteenth year, organized by the Svagamente asd club. With a sunny summer day with a north wind of average intensity of around 6 knots. Thirteen Hobie 16 crews, along with 4 Hobie Dragoons in […]

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A successful RCIYC Hobie Fleet Open Day

Posted on by David Brookes
Obie Od 2022 6sec 050
29
Jul

‘A successful RCIYC Hobie Fleet ‘Open Day’ was held on Sunday afternoon where over 50 people came along and enjoyed a Hobie sailing experience to remember in excellent conditions when the wind came up to a north-westerly force 3 to 4 in the latter part of a warm, sunny afternoon. Twelve of the Fleets top […]

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News, President's Report

IHCA Presidents July 2022

Posted on by David Brookes
Ihca Palm Trees
25
Jul

We are about ½ way through the sailing season now in North America. Today is one of those days, where it’s so hot you don’t want to leave the house. I am also quarantining following yet another COVID exposure. Considering the temperatures outside, I suppose it’s not a bad time to have to quarantine. Fortunately, […]

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News

Cozzolino Trophy

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie Cozzolino Trophy 25
19
Jul

Fourteen Hobie 16 started on a beautiful sunny summer day, with north wind Tramontana and with variable intensity between 8-10 knots for the Cozzolino Trophy. The Hobie sailors of the Pescara 808 fleet coloured the Pescara Beach on a typical summer day full of swimmers, magically attracted by the explosion of the colours of the […]

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News

Ron Palmer, Life Member of the IHCA and former Executive Director passes away

Posted on by David Brookes
Ron Palmer
30
Jun

Paul Ronald Palmer, age 83, of Tucson, AZ, passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 with his two daughters and one of his closest friends by his side. He has now joined his wife and lifelong love, Shirley. Ron was born August 2, 1938 in Clinton, Iowa. He lived with his parents and older brother […]

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Italian Championship Hobie Cat 16 and Italian Cup Hobie Dragoon – Cesenatico 2-4 June 2022

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie Italian Championships 2022 16
19
Jun

Italian Championship Hobie Cat 16 and Italian Cup Hobie Dragoon – Cesenatico A successful first-time event in the waters of Cesenatico. 2-4 June, the sea of Cesenatico was tinged with rainbow, hosting a multitude of catamarans with coloured sails in the Romagna waters. The 2022 Hobie Cat 16 Italian Championship and the Hobie Dragoon Italian […]

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Adriatic Hobie Cat Cup hosted by Hobie Fleet 808

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie Cat 16 Adriatic Cup 13
14
Jun

Wonderful Hobie day for the dispute of another AHCC (Adriatic Hobie Cat Cup), now in its 15th year. Sunday 12 June: sunny summer day, north wind Tramontana with an intensity of 10/12 knots, protective sunscreen, trapeze and spray top, all for another event magnificently organized by the Svagamente sailing club for the 808 Pescara Fleet […]

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2022 British National Hobie 16 Open Championships

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 16 British Championships 2022 3
08
Jun

The 2022 British National Hobie 16 Open Championships were held at Poole Yacht Club in the south of England over the Queen’s Jubilee weekend of Thursday 2nd of June to Sunday the 5th. A fleet of 22 boats competed in conditions ranging from drifting to blowing stink over the four day regatta. Day 1 saw […]

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Result of the Hobie 20 rule changes and sailmaker selection vote.

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 20
30
May

We have the result of the votes cast on the proposal published 18-05-2022 related to the Hobie 20 rule changes and sailmaker selection: YES: 43,75% NO: 56,25% ABSTENTION: 0% The majority was not happy with the proposed solution as can be seen. With an outset in the result and the received comments, the proposal will […]

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News

Hobie 14 North American Championships information

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 14 2022 North Americans Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club
24
May

Spring is here and the regatta season is ramping up. Hone your skills this season and join us in October for the Hobie 14 North American Championships! Host venue Dallas Corinthian Yacht Club (DCYC) provides an excellent venue for catamaran sailing. DCYC offers a grassy rigging beach, convenient trailer parking, clubhouse with covered patio, bathroom […]

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Hobie 20 and Hobie 17 sailmaker selection summary and status.

Posted on by David Brookes
Ihca Rectangle
16
May

Hobie Cat Co. (“HCC”) has informed the International Hobie Class Association (“IHCA”) that HCC is no longer going to manufacture sails for two discontinued models the Hobie 17 (“H17”) and the Hobie 20 (“H20”). Both boats are still being actively sailed and raced in North America albeit in smallish numbers. There are also some H17’s […]

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International Hobie Class, News

2022 South African Hobie 16 Championship

Posted on by David Brookes
Hobie 16 South African Championships 2022 1
05
May

The 2021/2022 South African Hobie 16 National Championships were held in Langebaan lagoon on the West Coast from 28 April to 1 May. Thirty entries were received but only 26 boats took part, one from Namibia and one from Tanzania. Day 1 ushered in with somewhat nippy Autumn weather, a southerly medium wind and flat […]

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