APPLY NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE YOUR NAUTICAL DREAM COME TRUE APPLICANTS of all ages are invited to apply for the 2021 Jersey Clipper Bursary – a £1,000 cash award aimed at furthering maritime endeavour. The bursary is designed to assist an Islander of any age to achieve a particular nautical ambition. This […]
There were dual recipients for the award, Luke Paxton Garnier and William Dengate. As well as sailing skills the award recognises, attendance, team work, good attitude and general helpfulness. The award was presented to the Cadets yesterday, outside, at the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club (closed due to restrictions Covid 19)) by Commodore Richard Hall. […]
The British Hobie 16 Nationals 28th- 30th August 2021is confirmed and registration is open. Our new British Hobie Class Association was formed in 2020 with a plan to organize regular racing and work with existing cat events, the Hobie fleet in Jersey, and the rest of Europe to provide a full calendar of events. Then […]
The IHCA welcomes all the sailors into the New Year with a video presentation featuring Rich McVeigh (President of the IHCA) , David Brookes (Executive Director of the IHCA), Michel Corigliano ( Hobie Cat Europe and Steve Fields (Hobie Cat Company) . See all the latest news from the video.
The IHCA Rules Committee have been very busy. The Class Rules, IHCA standard Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions have been updated to conform to the new Racing Rules of Sailing. The IHCA Rules Committee wishes to draw to your attention two updated Racing Rules of Sailing that shall come into effect with the 2021-2024 […]
At the beginning of the year, there were all the good conditions for a windy season full of events! And instead comes this cursed covid19: “but it’s so far away in China”, they used to say. The attention was minimal: someone drew the coronavirus stigmatizing with the hulls of a well-known brand of beer. At […]
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 […]
The inaugural MINQUIERS CAT DASH organised by the Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club attracted 5 Wild Cats and 9 Hobie 16’s. The Minquiers are a group of islands and rocks south of Jersey. At low tide, the rock shelf around the Minquiers has a larger surface area than Jersey itself, but at high tide, only […]
*THE FIRST two races in the Love Wine ‘Summer Breeze’ series will not take place this Sunday 31st May due to the continuing Government guidelines on 2 metre social distancing. Hopefully the series will commence on Sunday 14th June. *HOWEVER we intend to run some ad hoc racing off the beach this Sunday, depending on […]
The Organization Authority, represented by Pep Subirats, in agreement with the EHCA Executives, and Mr. JuanAntonio Llabrés, HC Spanish Class President, considering the global pandemia Covid-19, has decided to move the Hobie Multi Europeans Championship, planned for 27 June to 5 July 2020, to the next year, 1-9 July 2021 in Club de la Ballena Alegra, […]
