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: Match Reports
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Jul
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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Jun
Jun
You know are at the Gold Coast Catamaran Club’s ‘Memorial Bad News Regatta’ when: A: There is inappropriate touching of the top mark. B: The ‘On-Station’ flag is the Skull ‘n’ Crossbones. C: At least ONE room in The Rocks Resort can be heard from the beach. D: The sun is shining, the breeze is…
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Jun
Jun
We’re Totally Immersed TV, the one and only, and this has been the Championship Tour! From the nooks and crannies in Victoria, all the way up the eastern seaboard to the Sunshine State, and across the continent to the vast land in the West, Totally Immersed TV is reliving the action, summarising the first half…
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May
May
Cloudy with a chance of breeze? Welcome, Hobie Sailors, to what was another glorious weekend in the Sunshine State for the Queensland Hobie Cat State Championships. With newcomers and regulars to the Hobie Class alike plentiful on the waters of Quandamooka Country, along with past champions from the West and the South migrating to Bris-Vegas…
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Apr
Apr
Endurance racing at its finest. On the 25th of March, the ‘Around French Island Catamaran Challenge’ took place on the beautiful waters of Westernport Bay in Victoria. The course is a circumnavigation of French Island, covering a distance of approximately 42 kilometres. The race typically takes around 4-5 hours to complete, depending on wind conditions….
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Mar
Mar
In a dramatic turn of events… For as long as I can remember, the Victorian State Championships is one of the most fun, entertaining and competitive events on the Australian Championship Tour. But, after so many years traveling to our Nation’s south, we finally have a March weekend with a bit of breeze! And what…
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Mar
Mar
Colourful and fast in the Hobie 16 fleet as WA turns on some great conditions. What a weekend it was in Perth for the 2023 Hobie 16 WA State Championships. The racing was close, fast and exciting and the Hobie 16’s certainly put on a great show with the course taking the full length of…
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Feb
Feb
Sharks, breeze and a whole lotta flat water, this is champagne sailing for ya! The sensationally warm waters of Lake Macquarie were lit up on the first weekend of February as the 2023 Australian Hobie Class Championship Tour kick started in style, as Wangi RSL Amateur Sailing Club hosted the NSW Hobie 14, 18 16…
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Jan
Jan
Well, was that worth the wait or what?! It’s all said and done. The racing sails have been dropped, rolled up and put back into storage after what has been one of the most spectacular gatherings of the Australian Hobie Family in over 50 years. Across the 10 day extravaganza, the true meaning of “having…