Welcome to the first official Hobie 14 Coaching Camp. Current World Champ and President of the NSWHCA, Paddy Butler, is the one of the newest qualified Sailing Coaches with Australian Sailing. With the 24/25 sailing season in it’s early days, and Wildcat Regatta the following, what better time to freshen up our skills with some…
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Notice of Race & Entries Open It’s time folks. Your new leaders of the association, Pelican, Jess & Libby, have been working tirelessly behind the scenes with the team at Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club to bring you the latest and greatest State Championships to take place on the hallowed waters of the Sunshine Coast. The…
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Entries are now open for the 52nd Australian Hobie Cat National Championships, hosted by McCrae Yacht Club this 24/25 New Year period. Series one | 27 – 31, December 2024 Hobie 16 Open, Masters, Grand Masters and Great Grand Masters Hobie 18 Series Two | 1 – 5, January 2025 Hobie 14 Open, Non-Trapeze, Women…
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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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🥇Congratulations to Cam Owen & Suz Ghent from the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club/Nedlands Yacht Club from Australia with 64 points after 16 races. 🥈The second place went to the Danish team of Nicklas Heide & Josephine P. Frederiksen (Aarhus Sejlklub/Hellerup Sejlklub) with 88,00 points. 🥉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 16’s 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…