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 […]
In this episode of Talking Hobies will featured boat maintenance and general repairs. Guest speaker was Rob Jerry Hobie dealer from Syracuse, NY. In this episode we explained that maintenance and general repairs are not as complex as some people may think. Doing preventative maintenance can also save you a lot of money in the […]
As the Italian Hobie Cat Association we have worked and are continuing to work closely with the National Italian Sailing Federation (FIV), with the Clubs, with the Fleets and with the coaches to bring home the most important events of 2020. The first, the one we all wish to sail by all of us, is […]
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 Austrian Hobie 16 Championships was held 25-26 July 2020. It was hosted by the Yacht-Cub Weiden on Neusiedleer See the largest lake in Austria.The racing was conducted in a variety of conditions testing out the skill of the sailors. Congratulations to Daniel Tippelt and Valerie Sindelar on winning the Hobie 16 class championship 2020 […]
The 2021 Equipment Rules of Sailing will come into effect on 1 January 2021. These rules will be used in conjunction with our Class Rules for the Hobie Tiger and Wild Cat. All our Class Rules and Equipment Rules can be found on our web site The 2021 – 2024 Equipment Rules of Sailing compilation […]
Talking Hobie’s Episode 3 is discussing Rudders and featured Steve Fields from Hobie Cat Company as the co-host. We will cover rudders and rudders system from the 1970’s through today. We go through the history of rudders and how to repair and look after them. #talkinghobies
The Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) governs the sport of sailboat and sailboard racing. It is revised and published every four years by World Sailing. The current edition is The RRS 2017-2020. The RRS for 2021-24, which take effect on 1 January 2021. The study version highlighting the changes between the current rules and the […]
