Notice of Race | 2024/25 Australian Hobie Cat National Championships It’s the news we’ve been waiting for folks! The Australian Hobie Family is well and truly on their way to Victoria for the 52nd Australian Championships, taking place on the shores of Port Phillip Bay at the widely renowned, McCrae Yacht Club. Having hosted a…
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đ„Congratulations to Cam Owen & Suz Ghent from the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club/Nedlands Yacht Club from Australia with 64 points after 16 races. đ„The second place went to the Danish team of Nicklas Heide & Josephine P. Frederiksen (Aarhus Sejlklub/Hellerup Sejlklub) with 88,00 points. đ„And third place went to Jens Goritz & Kerstin Wichardt (Föhrer Katamaran Klub Ev./Hohwachter Yacht-Club Hoyc)…
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It was a cold start to the first regatta of the 2024/25 QLD Hobie Traveller Series, 5 x Hobie 16âs and 1 x Hobie 14-Turbo showed up to contest division 2, despite the underwhelming forecast. Saturday’s schedule was for traditional windward/leeward course racing, where the fleet ended up with a 5-10 knot north-easterly breeze. Day…
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You may remind our friends of Western Australia have been forced to resign hosting 2022 Worlds in Cruising Yacht Club of Western Australia due to border restrictions put in force by AUS authorities. Fortunately enough, pandemic is now behind us, and the Class is happy to post the excellent bid recently presented on behalf of F18 Australia…
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The 2025- 2028 Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) have now been published by World Sailing. These will come into effect on 1 January 2025. The 2025-2028 Equipment Rules of Sailing (ERS) have also been published by World Sailing. These will come into effect on 1 January 2025. These new rules and the current 2021-2024 Racing…
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All of a sudden there were yells, yahoos and smiles as the skippers and crews either hung out or hooked-up on the trapezes. World champion Hobie 16 skipper, Brett Dryland of Sydney, Australia showed almost 80 other Hobie catamaran skippers why he is the best. The second lake Jindabyne Hobie Cat saga also attracted the…
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A changing of the guard has taken place for the Queensland Hobie Cat Association Inc., with the next generation of Hobie sailors taking the reigns for the upcoming season of sailing. Jess Hutchinson has stepped up as Treasurer, taking the place of Julie Keenan. Libby Kirby has jumped into the role as Secretary, taking over…
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The Wildcat Regatta is back and it’s more WILD than ever! The NSWHCA’s man on the ground Mr. Michael âThe Directorâ Taylor is working hell for leather with the Great Lakes Sailing Club who are all well and truly underway with the organisation of the fabled Wild Cat Regatta, taking place once again over the…
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Hobie Dealers â purchasing parts and boats. Lately, there have been lots of questions and confusion about what is available and where you should go to purchase parts and accessories. Granted, we are in a transitional time as Hobie Cat Company restarts production, but everything is coming. The message from Hobie Cat Co. is to…
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Simon Morgan here, founder of Wildwind. As any many of you will know already, an avid Hobie 16 racer, who will once again be participating in the European championships in Garda in July. We have just come to the end of Wildwindâ s 18 month commitment to sponsor and support the IHCA through a rather…