It’s the merry season Hobie Sailors. The breeze is blowing, the beers will be flowing, and most of all, it’s the time in which we would all be preparing for the Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. But sadly that’s not the case. So in the Hobie spirit, we continue on with a sense of positivity…
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Dec
Dec
The VSC’s ‘ Round the Bay Rally’ NYE Celebration is fast approaching, and this will be a spectacle on the Bay that you won’t want to miss. With sausage sizzle of all sausage sizzles planned for lunch as reach the other side of the bay, and the Jervis Bay Brewing Co. waiting for us as…
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Dec
Dec
Entries for the Youth, Women’s, Masters, Grand Master, Great Grand Masters are OPEN! In November, we released the Notice of Race, and now entry to the 23rd Hobie 16 World Championships is now open to all disciplines with the exception of the prequalified, which will open on the 23rd December 2021. The prequalified entries will open at…
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Nov
Nov
The Victorian 2021/2022 Hobie summer event calendar for those that are feeling like a change from sailing at their own club weekend after weekend and would like to hook up their Hobie and go for a drive to see new places and new faces. Please visit the host club websites for information about the event…
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Oct
Oct
A statement from the Australian National Hobie Class Association (ANHCA), New South Wales Hobie Class Hobie Association (NSWHCA) and the Vincentia Sailing Club (VSC) regarding the 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships. We hope you’ve been keeping well, safe, healthy and most of all sane during the ridiculous year that we’ve been dealt with once…
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Aug
Aug
A update ont he 50th Australian Hobie Cat National Championships taking place at the Vincentia Sailing Club on Jervis Bay, NSW over the New Year period, especially in light of last year’s most unfortunate cancellation. (And before you forget, here’s just a gentle reminder we are still moving ahead in the planning for the NSW…
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Aug
Aug
Recently the IHCA become aware that some trapeze harnesses, including the popular Zhik T3 are above the required weight in RRS 50.1(b). As the we have some major events taking place we don’t have the time to do a full sailor review to change our Class Rules. The IHCA in consultation with World Sailing have…
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Jun
Jun
The 2021 Hobie 14 New South Wales State Championships will be held at the Great Lakes Sailing Club, Forster. The Hobie 14 NSW State Championships will be held in conjunction with the 50th Anniversary of the Wildcat Regatta. The event will be held over the October long weekend. All Hobie 14 sailors are invited to…
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Jun
Jun
After the highly eventful and tumultuous year that was 2020. The NSW Hobie Cat Association has decided to hold the NSW Hobie Cat State Championships at Twofold Bay Yacht Club, right next to Eden situated on the far south coast of NSW. During February of 2020, the NSW States in Twofold Bay were postponed due…
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Jun
Jun
The Bad News Regatta has been one of the largest winter regattas of Hobie sailing in Australia. Originally started back in the 1960’s prior to Hobies even being invented. The ‘Top Cat of the Alley’ and the ‘Currumbin Marathon’ was sailed the 2nd week end in June over what was then the Queens Birthday long…