The Hobie 16 South African Hobie Championships will be sailed from ‘Hobie Beach’ Plettenberg Bay. Of course they would be racing at ‘Hobie Beach’.  Plettenberg Bay, nicknamed Plet or Plett, is the primary town of the Bitou Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Plett lies on South Africa’s Garden Route 210 […]

From the RC Vessel: Day 1 of the Hobie 16 Women, 17 and 18 NACs was a spectacular day. The day started as most have, with the breeze from the NE in a light to variable condition. We waited a bit to set the course and it was spot on as the breeze went right […]

The elements of wind, water and waves graciously served up a weekend of Championship racing to be remembered for the 30 teams entered in the 29th Channels Islands Hobie Cat Championships, hosted by the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club and sponsored by Savills Estate Agents. Fair weather and a fresh force 5 north westerly offshore […]

The 2020 China “Liu Zhou Cup” Hobie 16 was raced over two days October 3&4r, 15 teams sailed in this regatta. Unfortunately two days of light winds though this did not stop everyone from enjoying themselves in true Hobie style. Place 1: Lan Xinzhe, Hu Mengyue Place 2: Ma Desheng, Chen Yousheng Place 3: Qin […]

The Spanish Hobie 16 Championship has its new champions. After three intense days in which it has been possible to complete the established program of nine regattas. In a great venue and excellent wind conditions for the Hobie 16, the team formed by Juan Antonio Llabrés (CR Pobla Marina) and Tono Llabrés, 11 years old […]

”2020 Wanning Hobie 16 Round Island Challenge“ was hosted by the People’s Government of Wanning City, Tourism Culture and Sports Bureau of Wanning City, Hainan China Source Shimei Bay Tourism Development Co., Ltd., and co organized by Hainan Huanqiu Tuohai Culture and Sports Co., Ltd. Wanning is a city in the southeast of Hainan Province, […]

The official Danish Sailing Hobie Cat 16 SPI Championship (DS-DM) was after a COVID-19 postponement a couple of months successfully conducted here in the past weekend on the waters of Odense Fjord outside the hosting club, Sejlklubben Egensedybet. And what a blast. With winds in periods gusting up to around 30 knots and an average […]

The Hobie Cat 16 Spi and Hobie Dragoon Class Double National Championships concluded in Pescara. In the beautiful scenery of the Coast of Pescara at the Sailing Circle, the 2020 Italian Hobie Cat Championships was held, which saw on the same body of water regatta 55 boats in the two youth categories, Hobie Dragoon and Hobie […]

Despite that foreign sailors could not attend due to covid 19 restrictions, on Saturday 10 enthusiastic Hobie sailors were ready for the start. The weather conditions were rough with 16-25 knots northwest with a very high surf. Our best sailors and the lifeboat flipped over in the surf. We decided with pain in our hearts […]