EHCA, EHCA News, News

2024 Hobie Cat MultiEuropeans – Pre-Series completed

Posted on by European Hobie Class Association
24 Hc Me Hc14 Podium
23
Jul

The first part of the event took place under very varied conditions with everything from no wind up to a gusty breeze around 25 knots or so. Quite challenging. The Hobie Dragoons have sailed 11 races, and the podium is 100% Italian. First place went to Spalloni Elena and Francesco Tisena with 23 points. Second […]

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2025 – 2028 Racing Rules of Sailing

Posted on by David Brookes
World Sailing Logo
08
Jul

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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Membership matters

Posted on by David Brookes
Membership
26
Feb

The class reviews our finances and membership at the end of each year. Membership is our primary source of income, and it’s only through your support that the class can function at all. It’s interesting to understand where our members are located worldwide, and below is a breakdown of our 2023 membership by region and […]

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HOBIE CAT SAILING RETURNS TO THE HOBIE FAMILY

Posted on by David Brookes
Steve Fields
13
Dec

Hobie Cat Company I| and Starting Line Sailing have jointly decided to conclude their licensing agreement, marking a momentous occasion as Hobie Cat Sailing rejoins Hobie. Hobie expresses its sincere appreciation to the SLS family of companies for their recent stewardship of Hobie Sailboats. Leading the way in this thrilling resurgence is Steve Fields, the […]

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UPDATED CLASS RULES

Posted on by David Brookes
08
Dec

Dear class members, As announced in September the implementation of the changes to the trampoline rules for the Hobie Wave, Hobie 17, Hobie 18, and Hobie 20 depended on a World Sailing (WS) approval of the change to General Class Rule 16.5. A change is the prerequisite for the other rule updates. Click here for […]

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French Hobie Championships 2023

Posted on by David Brookes
Hc Cup 2023 (585)
22
May

Club Nautique de Châtelaillon-Plage welcomed 30 Hobie 16 teams, 4 Hobie 14 and one each Hobie 18, Hobie 17 and Dragoon for the French Championships for three days of intense racing. With sunny days, warm weather and great winds it was a great Hobie regatta shared by the Hobie sailors. In the evening the sailors […]

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How to make a video to promote your Hobie event

Posted on by David Brookes
Joe Explains Video
22
Dec

We all know that ran the best Hobie Cat event ever, but how do the people that didn’t attend know about the event? How do you get more people to attend next year.? Not many people wish to sit down and write a paragraph after the event so we are going to show you how […]

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News, President's Report

IHCA Presidents Blog December 2022

Posted on by David Brookes
Unknown
08
Dec

Winter is here in North America and the Hobie is put away. This time of year, I switch to frostbite sailing and skiing. I recently ran the races for the laser frostbite fleet, it was a cold and windy day but it’s good to take a turn running the races. It’s always humbling working as […]

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International Hobie Class, News

IHCA Rules Committee invite you to vote on a class rule change

Posted on by David Brookes
Trapeze Hook
22
Nov

Rule 50.1 (c) of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS), which govern our rules in racing, are as of 1 January 2023 requiring all trapeze harnesses to be of the quick release (QR) variety complying with ISO 10862. This is unless the class rules permit a trapeze harness that is not QR trapeze harnesses variety.It […]

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Life moves pretty fast. IHCA Presidents blog September 21

Posted on by David Brookes
Ihcapresident Blog Sept 216
14
Sep

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. September is here and while it’s still unpleasantly hot out, the end of the sailing season is not far off now for me. Our sailing season wraps up in early October and cooler weather will be […]

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