The Hobie 18 & 20 North American Championships was hosted by the Windycrest Sailing Club & Tulsa Hobie Fleet 25 at Keystone Lake, Oklahoma. The hobie 18 saw a fierce battle for the first place where Andy Humphries and Marc Bachman manage to create clear path to victory toward the last few races. As for […]
Hobie MultiEuropeans, Hobie 16 Open Final Day Five races on the final day of the Hobie 16 Open European championships were held at Camping La Ballena Alegre. This would give the championships 12 races overall and allow the competitors to discard their two worst races. With the wind arriving it also gave the sailors excellent […]
Hobie MultiEuropeans, Hobie 16 Open Series starts The Hobie MultiEuropeans Hobie 16 Open series started at 9 AM at the Camping La Ballena Alegre. The first order of the day was to collect the new customised Hobie 16 sails supplied by Hobie Cat Europe. The sails and battens are all new and the colour of […]
The Hobie 18 & 20 North American Championships will be hosted by the Windycrest Sailing Club & Tulsa Hobie Fleet 25 at Keystone Lake, Oklahoma. Registration: On-Site: MON: 8:00 AM 11:00 AM Races: Mon: Competitors Meeting 11:00 AM First Start 12:00 PM Meals: Thursday Night Dinner Coffee and Rolls each morning Other Meals TBD Facilities: […]
Hobie MultiEuropeans Series 1, Day 4 and final day of racing for the 1st series at the Camping La Ballena Alegre. Hobie MultiEuropeans Series 1, Day 4 at the Camping La Ballena Alegre. What a wonderful way to conclude the first series of the Hobie MultiEuropeans. We had two races for all the classes to […]
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. September is here and while it’s still unpleasantly hot out, the end of the sailing season is not far off now for me. Our sailing season wraps up in early October and cooler weather will be […]
The 5th Mexican Hobie 16 Championships will take place at Valle de Bravo. Racing will be on Lake Avándaro. Valle de Bravo is a town on Lake Avándaro, west of Mexico City Registration will start on 1st October Notice of Race Sailing Instructions
Dear Hobie Sailors, The IHCA Rules Committee requests that you review and vote accordingly with the changes they have recommended. To give some background into why the IHCA Rules Committee has submitted the rule change for comment and approval. The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) which govern our rules in racing has a minimum weight […]
Recently the IHCA become aware that some trapeze harnesses, including the popular Zhik T3 are above the required weight in RRS 50.1(b). As the we have some major events taking place we don’t have the time to do a full sailor review to change our Class Rules. The IHCA in consultation with World Sailing have […]
For many it is a daunting task to enter your first Hobie Regatta. I don’t anything about racing. I don’t know any of the rules. I don’t know how to enter. In fact I don’t even know where to find my nearest Hobie Regatta. In this episode of Talking Hobie Rich, Mark and Sheila discuss, […]