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NSW Hobie 14 Turbo, Youth & Women’s Titles – Mannering Park

Chuck it in your diaries nice and early! For the 2026/27 NSW Traveller Series, the NSW State Championships for the Hobie 14-Turbo, along with the Women & Youth Titles, will be held in conjunction with Mannering Park Amateur Sailing Club’s Phil Johnston 14ft Memorial Regatta. The dates of the regatta are locked in for 18-19,…

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Ocean Springs Yacht Club to Host 2026 Hobie 16 International Championship

The waters of the Mississippi Sound will soon be filled with top-tier sailing competition as the Ocean Springs Yacht Club prepares to host the 2026 Hobie 16 International Championships from 14-25 September. This premier championship regatta will bring together hundreds of the world’s most skilled sailors to battle it out for the title. Spectators can…

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2026 Bad News Regatta | Notice of Race & Entries Open

It’s that time of year again, only 8 weeks until the return of the iconic Bad News Regatta! This year is one you most definitely won’t want to miss, with a number of the old boys within the Hobie Family celebrating their 60th birthdays this year. Gold Coast Catamaran Club’s ‘Bad News Regatta’ has been…

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Wangi Wangi ’26 | The NSW States Match Report

Well, we are SO GLAD we came back to Wangi Wangi for the 2026 NSW State Championships! After three long years away, Awabakal Country made sure we were keen and had been practising, because the wind wasn’t taking any chances with our skills. It wouldn’t be a match report without first and foremost thanking the…

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54th Australian Hobie Cat Nationals – Jervis Bay, NSW

The 54th edition of the Hobie Cat Nationals are confirmed for next summer, with the Vincentia Sailing Club set to host the Hobie Family from the 31st of December ’26, through till the 10th of January ’27. 31st Dec ’26 | Round the Bay Rally & New Year’s Eve Party All Classes of Catamaran 2nd-5th…

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World Sailing Championships Reality

World Championships are endorsed and approved by all World Sailing–recognised international classes, but they come with specific requirements. World Sailing, as the governing body of our sport, controls all World Championship sailing events. There are established rules that must be followed, permits that must be secured, and minimum participation requirements that must be met. These…

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Hobie Week in Exmouth | WA Hobie 16 State Championships

You definitely do not want to miss this one! Lock it in your diary now, we have partnered with our newest Hobie fleet at Exmouth Yacht Club and are planning something unique and very very special. All welcome, family holidays encouraged. The Ningaloo and Coral Coast is the perfect destination for your dream Hobie adventure….

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2026 Hobie 16 International Championships – Ocean Springs, USA

The Hobie sailing community will turn its attention to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in September 2026, when the 2026 Hobie 16 International Championship is hosted by the Ocean Springs Yacht Club (OSYC) and the Ocean Springs Sailing Squadron, in cooperation with Hobie Class Division 15. Scheduled for September 12–25, 2026, the championship will be sailed on the Mississippi Sound. The event is open…