The final battle between the world’s best Hobie Cat® sailors was fought out on Dapeng Bay in China yesterday, in the final two races of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships. Going in to the day&
The incredible 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship regatta culminates today in Dapeng, China with day two of the Open Finals. Yesterday the 44 teams, of international Hobie Cat® sailors, that made the…
A field of the world’s best Hobie Cat® sailors battled it out on Dapeng Bay in China today, on the first day of competition in the two day finals series, at the 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship.…
The final day, of the 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship Open Semi-Finals was completed yesterday in Dapeng, China. With a total of 8 races on the board, each team rotated over the three day, semi fin…
Day three, the final day, of the 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship Open Semi Finals rolls on today in Dapeng, China. Yesterday, the highly, competitive fleet of international sailors competed in ligh…
The first group of competitors in day two of the 2016 Hobie®16 World Championship semi finals took to the water late this morning due to a lack of breeze on Dapeng Bay in South Eastern China. However…
Day two of the 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championship Open Semi Finals takes place today in Dapeng China. Yesterday, sailors from around the world started their campaigns to make the cut to reach the worl…
Day one of the 2016 Hobie ®16 World Championship semi finals kicked off this morning in a solid, square breeze on the waters of Dapeng Bay in South Eastern China. The field of 56 teams, were divided …
Today is the first day in the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships Open Semi Finals and those that made the cut will be joined by the pre qualified sailors from around the world to wage their campaign …
After three days of challenging competition we have now split the fleet for the Hobie® 16 World Championship, Open Series, Semi Finals! Today’s racing got off to a late start as overnight rain …
Today is the third and final day in the Open Qualifiers division. Tonight we will split the fleet and the successful teams will go on to join those who have pre qualified for the 21st Hobie® 16 Worl…
Today’s second day of racing in the Open Qualifiers series of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng China turned out to be a cracker of a day. The winds were up a little more than expect…
Today is the second day of a three day series in the Open Qualifiers division of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng China. Once again we have light winds predicted with just a little mo…
Hobie® sailors in the Open Qualifiers of the 2016 Hobie 16 World Championships in Dapeng, China arrived at the regatta event site this morning with the majority having their first view of the amazin…
Last night sailors attended an excellent presentation dinner for the Great Grand Masters, Grand Masters, Women’s and Youth divisions in the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in the ballroom of the…
The final day of racing in the Hobie® Great Grand Masters, Grand Masters, Women and Youth Classes in the 2016 Hobie 16 World Championship regatta in Dapeng, China was completed today. With teams waki…
Last night a special welcome dinner, for the Open Qualifier teams, was held by the poolside at the Manwan Harmona Resort. Today competitors will register for their series and most will take the opport…
The second day of racing in the Hobie® Great Grand Masters Class, the Grand Masters, the Women and Youth Classes in the 2016 Hobie 16 World Championship regatta in Dapeng, China was contested today. …
Today competitors in the Great Grand Masters, Grand Masters, Women’s and Youth divisions of the 21st Hobie® 16 Worlds Championships in China go into day two of competition. With one day down and on…
Today the specially designed Hobie® red dragon sails flew for the second time in a series in the 2016 Hobie 16 World Championship regatta in Dapeng, Shenzhen, China. Hobie sailors from around the wor…
Last night sailors attended the presentation dinner for the Masters division of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in the ballroom of the Manwan Harmona Resort. It was a excellent evening where t…
After a series of 15 races over 4 steamy days Rod and Kerry Waterhouse from Australia have won the Masters division of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng, China. Despite the fact that t…
Last night the welcome dinner for the Great Grand Masters, Grand Masters, Women and Youth competitors was held by the pool in the Manwan Harmona Resort. Today competitors in the series will register a…
Eleven races have now been completed in the Masters division of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng, China and today would have to be the best day on the water so far in the regatta. Th…
Competitors are waking up this morning in Dapeng, in the Guangdong Province of China, and preparing for day 3 of the Masters Division of the 21st Hobie®16 World Championships. At the close of day two…
After yesterday’s 4 races day two of racing in the Masters Division of the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng, Shenzhen China saw another three races competed. The weather was hot once …
Today will be partly sunny but with extreme UV levels and covering up, applying sunscreen and drinking a lot of fluids will be essential as we head into day two of the Masters Series of the Hobie 16 …
Today was the first day of racing at the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng, Shenzhen China and it turned out to be a magnificent day for everybody concerned, but most importantly for the H…
It’s been a great effort by the Hobie Factory Team to get the boats organized and ready and today the red dragon sails will be raised for the first time on the beach in Dapeng, Shenzhen, China as Ho…
The Opening Ceremony for the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships fired off tonight with drums banging and cymbals crashing as dignitaries from Hobie Cat®, the Dapeng New District government, the IHCA…
It’s been a long time coming but today Hobie® sailors in the Masters class will register for the first event of the 2016 Worlds regatta in Dapeng, Shenzhen, China from 10am this morning. At 6:30pm …
Dan Mangus, Director of Marketing for Hobie Cat® Worldwide, arrived in China from the Hobie Cat Company headquarters in the USA last night and had his first look around the location for the 21st Hobi…
Overcast skies covered the Dapeng New District as daylight broke this morning but dry conditions but persisted overnight. The temperature is already sitting at 270 C (800F) with a maximum of 290 C (84…
The latest Hobie® factory team members to arrive at the worlds resort were bubbling after their first day exploring some of the different sites around the local Dapeng community. Leanne Honecker from…
NEWS 27-05-16 While today’s weather was predicted to reach a high of around 32C (89F) with clear, sunny morning skies, light showers began to fall overnight. There have been some easing breaks aroun…
It’s more than 12 hours since our last report from the site of the 2016 Hobie® 16 World Championships in Dapeng China and encouragingly the wind is still blowing between 10 and 15kts, the sun 
It’s just turned 7am and the factory team for the Hobie® 16 World Championships are gathering in the resort hotel’s western restaurant to enjoy a hearty breakfast before going to the event site f…
This morning boat building got underway in earnest as the Hobie® 16 World Championship Factory Team began removing boats from the storage area at the event resort where they had been shipped to from …
Today the Hobie® 16 World Championships Factory Team boarded a minibus and headed into Shenzhen the major city of the region, approximately 1.5hrs from the event resort. Their first eye opener was tr…
Monday 23rd of May. Dapeng, China The weather was perfect in Dapeng, China today with blue skies and the temperature hovering around the 30C (86F) mark. The team put together 40 new bicycles, for the …
Saturday May 21, 2016Saturday May 21, 2016 The Hobie 16 World Championship event team have flown in to a 28ºC (78ºF) Shenzhen Dapeng, to be greeted with two days of consistent 10kt breeze, blown in …
The 2016 Hobie 16 Worlds in Dapeng, China is going to be an event rich in Chinese culture and an occasion you are sure to want to share with friends and family back home! Please note that it can be di…
In what is shaping up to be an incredible sailing experience the the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships to be held from the 29th May to the 13th June 2016in Dapeng, China is growing from strength to …
At Hobie Cat®, we understand that it can be difficult to organise crew ahead of time. This year we have made it easy for skippers to enter and take advantage of early entry pricing and then add their…
If you are planning to visit Dapeng, China for the 21st Hobie® 16 World Championships either as a spectator or a family member of a Skipper or Crew, Hobie Cat® have made it easier to obtain your Chi…
We all know that sometimes it is hard to lock in a crew for a worlds event with such short notice and with the requirement to register on-line and provide crew details and passport numbers. In some ca…
Hobie Cat® Worldwide and the International Hobie Class Association are pleased to announce that the 21st Hobie 16 World Championships will take place in 2016,
