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 […]

The International Hobie Class Rules have been updated to align themselves with the updated 2021-2024 Racing Rules of Sailing. The Class Rules requirements remained unchanged. 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 RRS. 1st January 2021 RRS 50.1 […]

In this episode 7 of Talking Hobie the team discuss boat upgrades. During the episode Rob Jerry produced a chart explaining the most common upgrades rating  the upgrades by ease and cost. Please find the file here

Talking Hobie’s Episode 7 will feature upgrades to the boats new and old. Join us in this discussion and add your questions and comments. Dec 15, 2020 07:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register on the link below https://us02web.zoom.us/…/301…/WN_IzYXsrOQTNaBNRHlFcRdAQ

IHCA President Rich McVeigh and Hobie Dealer Rob Jerry talk about the evolution of the Hobie sails.  Also about maintenance and care to your Hobie sail. During the episode the team, spoke about sail colours over the years. The links are: Hobie sail colours H 17 H 20 1982 Sail colour range       […]

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 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 […]