The 2023 Hobie 18 and Hobie 17 North American Championship was held from 31st July to 4th August at Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Park about 3 hours east of Seattle in Washington state, USA. Lake Quinault is a large fresh water lake surrounded by tall mountain ranges abundant in subalpine forest which cover 1,000,000…
Category Archives: IHCA News
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Aug
Aug
2100hrs AEST | 25th September 2023 Date: Middelfart, DENMARK, 10 August 2023 To: Hobie Class Members From: IHCA Rules Committee Subject: Comment period on various trampoline and Hobie Wave rules. Dear all, The relevance of changing the trampoline class rules for some of our classes has been discussed for a while. Discussions which have also…
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Jul
‘Easy to execute, fun for all ability levels & everyone goes home having learned something new’ We are in mid-summer now in North America and sailing season has been underway for a couple of months. We had the usual flurry of early events in May/June and now things are more spread out for the remainder…
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Jul
Was there ever a doubt Team Australia wouldn’t pull off The Italian Job… On the final day of the Queensland State Championships at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Rod Waterhouse came to MB and myself with a proposal: head to Italy for the Hobie 14 Worlds, clean up the podium, get the job done. Sounds…
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“What now? Well, it’s time for a beer!” Join Paddy, Mick & Rod as they take you behind the scenes in Circolo Vela Cesenatico for the Hobie 14 World Championships. Directed & Produced by: Paddy Butler Executive Producers: Hobie Asia Pacific, Vaikobi & Mick Butler Cinematography & Film Editing: Paddy Butler & Mads Gillard
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Jun
Jun
Here’s a brief history lesson… A Hobie Cat World Championships is something that many, many of our family are already familiar with. Whether it be last year’s extravaganza in Spain, where Team Australia’s journey at the 23rd Hobie 16 Worlds was documented through the lens of Totally Immersed TV’s ‘The Spain Files’; along with Team…
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Mar
Mar
‘Believe’ Returning from a ski trip to New England, Carol and I took the opportunity to visit Starting Line Sailing’s manufacturing facility in Rhode Island, USA. Starting Line Sailing (SLS) is the parent company of West Coast Sailing, Zim Sailing, Dwyer Mast and Rigging and now Hobie Sailboats. Starting Line Sailing entered into a long-term…
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Mar
Mar
Dear Hobie Sailors, Since you last heard from Starting Line Sailing, the new Hobie Cat sailboat manufacturer. We have made significant progress made across the entire Hobie Sailboats supply chain. A small overview of where we are heading and what we have achieved since we have become the Hobie Cat sailboat manufacturer. Last week, we…
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Dec
Dec
2022: What a year, what a lovely year… After what has been the one of the most successful years for the Australian Hobie Class to date, the 50th Australian Hobie Cat Nationals is shaping up to be something truly glorious; and with over 120 boats and only a few sleeps away, it’s about time we…
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Nov
Never has a regatta lived up to its name like this… Welcome to ‘Beware the Bullets’, your one stop shop to gusts, puffs and all things that blow. Taking you behind the scenes of one of the most infamous catamaran regattas to greet the eastern seaboard of Australia, TITV brings you all the action, both…