Main Event Underway!

We are into the main event. Second race is already started. Morning video will be up shortly. We were invited to get on the water for a few roundings during the first race and barely made it back to the beach for the boat change. I will have some on-the-water footage uploaded a bit later.

Series 3 ~ Cut Party Photos

Did I make the cut?

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Qualifications Complete

Tonite we find out who has made it into the Semi finals!

Nice Side Shore 12-16 kts

We are into the final day of qualifying. 3 Races back-to-back is expected. They are in race two already (11:30 Local). Once they get back on shore and the boats are checked in, the beach team will be doing some maintenance on all 60 boats to prep for the Semi and Final. Tramps will get tensioned and other items inspected. Heavy rain is expected this afternoon... oh Joy!

Qualifiers party tonite!

Series 3 ~ Day 2 Photos

In between checking the boats in and out, we manged to find the time to run off a few snaps......

More photos at:

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25 kts...one 2GO race

Qualifier Day 2 Morning Report

Series Three Photos ~ Day One

A few photos from the start of series three, day 1.

More photos at:

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Mid day on the beach

Qualifier Series is Underway

Series Three ~ 5:30 am Wind Report

Series Three kicks off today and sailors will be greeted with a NNE wind direction at around 16++ knots. The sea and swell is coming up and some of the Hobie beach crew had to shift boats late last night due to rising tide.


The big news for the Hobie Worlds beach crew is that the daily high temperatures and high humidity have gone for now. Who would have thought that the grey skies and light drizzle would be so welcome… stay tuned for race updates.

Series Two Winners ~ Womens & Youth

Hobie Cat 16 Worlds ~ Youth

1st Jason Waterhouse Lisa Darmanin AUS

2nd Benjamin Deguine Benjamin Roulant FRA

3rd James Wierzbowski Pip Pietromonaco AUS

Hobie Cat 16 Worlds ~ Womens

1st Natalie Hill Jasmine Hill AUS

2nd Charlotte Picou Julie Avron FRA

3rd Alizée Angibaud Constance Huard FRA

Photo Gallery

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Sooo... Where the heck are we?

Weihai is on the East coast of China and just across the sea from North Korea.

Lat   37°31'35.16"N   Lon   122° 2'3.10"E

If you use Google Earth you can zoom right in using the Latitude / Longitude.

Storm Coming?

We have been baking in the sun. Temperature was recorded as 97 in the tent with a "feels-like" reading of 107. On the sand it was as high as 113 / 45 c!

Well, that has changed a bit. We have a storm coming through. Temperature has dropped to a more comfortable level. The wind is predicted to reach as high as 35 knots, so the local harbormaster has asked the race committee to come in off the water. Boats got their sails down just as the first wave of wind came through. We are all tied down and on hold.

--UPDATE--

Races were called off for today at around 3PM. Nat Hill wins Women and Jason Waterhouse wins the Youth event. The 35 knots has yet to reach us. We had some 20s for a bit, but the big one missed. All the better to keep the boats on one piece for the main event!

Checking in with the leaders

We check in with the leaders of Women's and Youth's to see how they stand and what they hope for today. Natalie Hill leads the Women's by 9 points... Jason Waterhouse leads the Youth event by 9 as well. Both are from Australia and VERY talented Hobie 16 sailors.