Sorry All

I have to say sorry for my lack of updates on here but after a few computer problems and a truck load of work and a new little baby all added in the mix, time has been one small thing that has been lacking.

But the good news is we are all undercontrol now and up and running again.
So hang around and the reports will start to flow again.

The bad news is due to everything that has been going on I had to make a huge call and miss out on doing the record run to Hobart on the mighty TA.
The good news is the boys pulled it off and set a new record, now we just need to find another to chase.

2014 Hobie 16 World Titles (Australia)

Well here is something that everyone has been waiting for. Great work by Steve Fields after 1,1/2 yrs of hard work and planning has paid off.
I have a feeling this could be the biggest regatta of 2014 and one me and my family are booking in.


Dear Hobie sailors,

The IHCA is pleased to announce the 20th Hobie 16 Worlds will be at Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia. The world championship event will take place in Australia in 2014 with the opening ceremony on January 31 and competition continuing through to the open finals and closing ceremony on February 15.

Hobie Cat Australasia has been able to secure the world championships for the region with the support of the New South Wales state government through its events promotion arm Destination New South Wales and the Shoalhaven City Council via Shoalhaven Water and Shoalhaven Holidays.

In more exciting news and show of strength of the largest multihull class in the world, Hobie Cat Company will announce an additional two more Hobie 16 World Championships in the next five years. That is a total of three Hobie 16 Worlds in five years . Again showing the strength of the Hobie Class and the great support by the Hobie Cat manufacturers.

www.hobieworlds.com

By: Hobie Cat Company

Chris Wren's Firefly 850 on board

Some great onboard footage from Chris Wren's brand new Firefly 850 Frequent Flyer racing in the St Helena Cup at Manly Queensland.

Looks like Chris and his crew had some great fun. Here is some onboard footage of how the race went down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6viElk3GMo

 

North QLD boys ripping it up in Thailand.

Wave of success for Townsville sailors

Team Harken sailors Mick Guinea & Viv Hayden are the Thailand F18 National Champions.

AFTER defying a dodgy boat and giant storms for a Thailand triumph, Michael Guinea and Viv Haydon have sent an ominous warning to their sailing rivals.
The Townsville duo could not have started their preparations for a whirlwind month of title defences - including their Australian F-18 Nacra crown - much better after clinching the Thailand National Championship last week.
By winning that, Guinea and Haydon were also awarded the annual Varuna Cup.
Given that they were on a borrowed boat that required "plenty of work" and that major storms cancelled two races, Guinea could not have been happier.
"It's good because you can get yourself into a bit of a rhythm," said Guinea, who along with Haydon is also the reigning Queensland champion.
"Sailing in different waters against different people (and) that time on the water and practising manoeuvres, that's where that is valuable."
More than anything, winning in Thailand proved that long-time crewmates Guinea and Haydon still function well under pressure.
Despite claiming the first two races at the two-day regatta, an infringement penalty in the third race meant they had to clinch the fourth and final or kiss the title goodbye.
But the North Queenslanders held their nerve, winning by about 30 seconds.
"We just had to beat this one other guy, so we just turned it into a match race," Guinea said.
"If he tacked, we tacked with him and covered him all the way around."
It capped a massive 12 months for the pair, but Guinea said the hard work was only just beginning.
"We've had a really good year, winning the state titles as well, and a few other regattas along with the regatta in Thailand, so it's been good, but we obviously want to defend the (Australian) title as well," he said.
That starts for Guinea and Haydon at the end of the month when they attempt to defend their Nacra National title in Hervey Bay. That is followed by the F18 Nationals in Newcastle and then the Nacra World Championships on the Gold Coast.

ANTONY STEWART | December 18th, 2012, Townsville Bulletin

Hobie Cat World Titles 2013

The IHCA Council would like to give sailors a preliminary notice for the 2013 Worlds for the following Hobie classes; Hobie 14 Dragoon Tiger  Wild Cat The World Championships are set to take place at Travemuender, Germany. The tentative dates scheduled would be 19-28 July 2013. These World Championships would be a bring-your-own-boat world championships. The IHCA thought it was important to give as much advance notice as possible so sailors could plan their holidays and begin to organize transport of their boat.  The IHCA has not yet finalized the necessary contracts for the events but is only waiting for ISAF approval for the World Championships. Stay tuned for more information.

Link to the IHCA Newsletter

www.hobieclass.com/default.asp?MenuID=News/10772/0/T

Multihull Nationals (Wangi)

2012 APC Logistics Multihull National Regatta are currently underway at Wangi Sailing Club in NSW.  A great fleet of multis have turned up for the event from Australia wide.

Race briefing underway

Three races have so far been run in a good 18-20kt E and SE breeze. The strong breeze has seen a couple of breakages mainly the mast on Bare Essentials. Foxy had a ream beam break but sorted a new one for the following day.

Fleet on the beach

Two Tribes

Opps

Results

Series Results [OMR] for Division 1 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Type	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		N888	Indian Chief	Darren Drew	RMYC	Grainger Raider	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0
2		V1	APC Mad Max	Tony Considine	RMYCvic	Grainger Cust	7.0	4.0	2.0	1.0
3		N36	Malice	Malcolm Richardson	Port Douglas Yacht C	Nacra36	9.0	2.0	3.0	4.0
4		013	Two Tribes	Clive Kennedy	WASCnsw	Egan 9.9 Cat	12.0	5.0	4.0	3.0
5		1011	Turning Point	Zebb Peters	MYCQ	Grainger 10 Cat	13.0	3.0	5.0	5.0
6		GR297	Wilparina II	Robert Remilton	Goolwa	F9R mod	18.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
7		101	Lukim Yu	Peter Barrow	RMYC nsw	Nusa Tiger 9	21.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
8		V3	Bare Essentials	Tim Pepperell	MYCV vic	Grainger 8 Mod	27.0	9.0C	9.0S	9.0F

Series Results [OMR] for Division 2 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Type	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		V4	Frassld	Shaun Fishley	MYCV	Corsair 31	3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2	2.0S	V306	Sknot	Craig Unthank	Hastings YC Vic		14.0	5.0	2.0	7.0
3	3.0S	124	The SPC4	David Fisher	Palm Beach SC		14.0	7.0	4.0	3.0
4		064	Boatox	Linda Renouf	PBSC		14.0	4.0	6.0	4.0
5		BB2U	Big Bird	Stephen Barton	RMYCnsw	MTB Tri	15.0	6.0	3.0	6.0
6		125	Gneisenau	Ross MCOmish	Goolwa RYC		19.0	9.0	8.0	2.0
7		M23	Startijenn	Johan Betrom	RMYC		22.0	3.0	14.0F	5.0
8		047	Hot Option	Mike Willcocks	LCSC		23.0	8.0	5.0	10.0
9	2.0S	W102	Foxy	Shane Russell	WASCnsw	Lynx 8.8	30.0	2.0	14.0S	14.0F
10		13	The Tribe	John Hardy	RSAYSsa	F82R	30.0	14.0F	7.0	9.0
11	8.0S	75	Louie da Tri	Paul Nudd	WASC nsw	Sprint750	32.0	14.0F	10.0	8.0
12		SA737	Su Mare	David Eldridge	RSAYSsa		32.0	11.0	9.0	12.0
13		W110	Tribelle	Kim Hooper	WASC nsw		35.0	10.0	14.0F	11.0

Series Results [OMR] for Division 3 up to Race 3

Place	Ties	Sail No	Boat Name	Skipper	From	Type	Sers Score	Race 3	Race 2	Race 1
1		78	Raw Fin	David Knezevic	Middle Harbour 16ft		3.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
2		HA320	Rainbow Connection	Leon Alexander	RMYC Vic	TT680	6.5	2.5	2.0	2.0
3		36	Beans	Steve Walter	WASC nsw	Windrush600	9.5	2.5	3.0	4.0
4		608	Tradewind	Allan Rees	WASCnsw	Windrush 600	11.0	4.0	4.0	3.0

Team Harken Boys @ the A Worlds



The 2012 A Class Worlds were a big breeze event (totally the opposite of what I thought they would be) but with what mother nature threw at the organizers they did a great job to get the event run.

 

All the Aussie & Kiwi boys did us proud and pretty much took over the top ten.

 

Team Harken also did us proud coming away with a win by the crazy man from Dutch land Mischa Heemskerk, the newly crowned World Champion.

Mischa is a great sailor and just loves it, no matter the wind strength he is ready to take it on.

 

The Aussie Harken Team had some great results and gave it their all, their results are below;

Steve Brewin 3rd

Jack Benson 7th

Stephen Brayshaw 22nd

 

Jack Benson AUS 13

 Jacks quote for the event is

Big breeze and big chop its like riding a pony up wind

Ride that pony I say!

Stephen Brayshaw AUS 25

Mischa Heemskerk NED 007

Jack Benson, riding that pony!

So till Takapuna NZ next year.
Could very well be my first A Worlds as I'll be there.