Pre-event Press Release Puerto Peñasco October 10-14, 2016 – The 2016 Hobie 16 & Hobie 18 North American Championships go south of the border, way south. This year’s event will be held in Puerto Peñasco, Mexico (aka Rocky Point) on the Sea of Cortez. Puerto Peñasco is the favorite sailing destination for sailors from Tuscon […]
Who are the teams to watch? With the first race scheduled for the 10th October here are two teams from the Hobie® 16 & 18 fleet to watch. Who will you be following? Hobie® 16 Francisco Figueroa/Jolliam Berrios I started sailing Hobies when I was 14 on an 18′ but quickly changed to the 16. In […]
Book your holidays, organise your transport and accommodation. The schedules for the Race schedule Hobie® 2017 Multi Worlds & Europeans has now been released. More details at www.hobieworlds.com Monday 17 July 2017 Registration and boat transport onto the beach Tuesday 18 July 2017 Registration and boat transport onto the beach Wednesday 19 July 2017 Registration and […]
The 2016 Hobie® 17 North American Championships and US Sailing Multihull Championships for the Hobie Alter Trophy on Hobie® 18 was conducted at lake Carlyle. US Sailing Multihull Championships for the Hobie Alter Trophy is sailed annually and rotates amongst the multihull classes in the USA. This years event is being sailed on the Hobie […]
Hobie® 16 and Hobie 20 North American Championships Dates June 19-23, 2017 Lewis and Clark Reservoir, Yankton, SD Experience what a small town in Middle America has to offer. Yankton, SD will host the 2017 16 & 20 North Americans. Yankton was originally occupied by the Sioux Indians and was visited by Lewis and Clark […]
After the comment period the IHCA Rules Committee have reviewed the comments and had the updated Class Rules approved by the IHCA Council and World Sailing. The following rues have been approved
Racing was at Pensacola Beach hosted by the Pensacola Beach Yacht Club was the site for the 2016 Hobie® 16 Women’s and Youth North American Championship. 10 women’s teams and 4 youth teams participated in the championships. Ages ranged from 14 to mid 60s. The weather was a challenging factor being mid July in Florida. […]
The IHCA is pleased to announce the 2017 Hobie® MultiWorlds and Europeans. We will be sailing at Zeilvereniging Noordwijk which is located on the most supreme spot on the 13 km long beach of Noordwijk, Netherlands,in front of the village centre next to the famous Grandhotel Huis ter Duin. Racing will start 20th July to […]
Building attendance at Hobie regattas isn’t rocket science Building attendance at our regattas is something everyone is interested in and it’s something we all need to support. Good attendance doesn’t happen on it’s own, it takes effort and we all need to do our part. Frankly we have gotten a little lazy and it’s showing. […]
Fleet 204 from Syracuse, NY has a long reputation for running large and fun regattas on their local lake. In 1976, they started the “Madcatter” regatta and had 14 attendees. Some years later they added a preceding event – a tune up event called the “Madhatter”.