Hobie Cat Factory - China Worlds

Saturday, August 21, 2010

The China Worlds Beach Team

Each time we have a Hobie Cat 16 Worlds (in the Hobie Australia or Hobie USA’s region) a Hobie Worlds Beach Team is put together. This year, the team was put together by Hobie Cat Australasia's managing Director, Steve Fields.

Steve made the comments: "For me it is all about the sailors and the Hobie 16 Worlds experience. For some it is their first Hobie Cat Worlds and for others one of many. We hand pick the team that can handle working away from home, working in rain and tropical conditions and work as part of a team. For the last few Hobie Cat 16 Worlds we have had the same beach crew. This comes at a cost to the company but the net result is a better Hobie Cat 16 Worlds for the sailors. This is also helpful for the race committee who have the job of getting races in no matter what the conditions throw at them or us. In the Hobie Cat 16 Worlds, boat turn-around is critical. I think our best time is 12 minutes to turn-around 56 boats. That’s not bad in my book.”

“The Beach Team”
http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com/p/hobie-beach-team.html

Series 2 ~ Day 2 Photos

Just a few photos to keep you up to speed with Series 2 ~ Day 2......

Top mark, just off the beach, great viewing

Morning Beach Scene

The Hobie Way of Life....

Link to Photo Pages
http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com/p/worlds-photos.html

Afternoon Cruise

We have to work pretty hard here in Weihai when the boats leave the beach.... Not! Here is a smattering of the goings-on during the day while the racers are out. I also fulfill a request for on-the-water footage of the boats... from in the water. It's pretty shallow at low tide and I took my little Olympus waterproof out about 100 yards / 92 Meters off the beach to catch a little action upon the boats return. Best I can do short of getting on a chase boat... maybe?

Friday, August 20, 2010

The Worlds Hobie 16

We share what makes a Worlds Event Hobie 16. These boats are pretty much stock. Most of the race goodies are included when you buy a US or Australian boat. We tweak a few things and set them up to take the abuse of a long event. We did some estimates a few Worlds ago... the typical boat here will see use similar to a full year of hard racing for the typical Hobie race season.

Groundhog Day! Off the Beach!

We are starting to go a bit crazy here. We've been here since early August building boats and preparing. Now we are into the second series, second day... same as yesterday, Hot, Humid and Off the Beach! Repeat... repeat... repeat till August 30th. We have a way to go! During the next series things get a lot more hectic with more racers and more boat changes. During the semi we will be doing the full Worlds boat change every race, so we are enjoying the slow pace for now. Small group... less change-overs.

Series 2 ~ Day 1 Photo Time!

Series one was a blast! Now we are into Series Two which is the Hobie 16 Youth and Hobie 16 Women's classes. So we have pleanty of new faces and photos to look at..We even managed to sneek out onto the race course for some great action.

Just before "OFF THE BEACH"

Guess Who?

Had to share this.....

Photo Page
http://hobiechinaworlds.blogspot.com/p/worlds-photos.html

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Afternoon Off The Beach!

Women and Youth Events Underway

GWTF Reports

And the winners are..

1st Rod Waterhouse Kerry Waterhouse AUS Master

2nd William Edwards Lucinda Edwards RSA Master

3rd Bob Engwirda Worst News AUS Master

1st Anthony Duchatel Evelyn Curtis AUS GrandMaster

2nd Harry Handley Peter Evrard NZL GrandMaster

3rd Bruce Tardrew Sarah Turnbull Aus GrandMaster