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Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji #118861
10/01/07 11:10 AM
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18th Hobie 16 World Championships
Laucala Bay,Suva, Fiji
8th - 19th October 2007

The factory crew is leaving for Fiji this week. We leave Thursday night. This will pretty much strip our tech help at the factory for a couple weeks. We will be trying to stay on top of issues on-line as best as possible, so it may take a day or so to respond to some issues due to work commitments there and time changes.

I will post some photos and info about the site when we get there. The boats are supposed to arrive on-site today. The Hobie Cat Australasia crew will be building starting today. Hopefully <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> all 60 will be done when we get there on Saturday.

You can see posts about the event here:

http://www.hobiecat.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=6397

or at the Hobie worlds site: www.hobieworlds.com


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Matt Miller
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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118862
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Thanks Matt! I'll be following this one for sure! Hope you have a great time!

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118863
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wow, what an undertaking! I hope it's a great event!


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118864
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I am betting on Worrall, Aaron.he has been doing a lot of 16 sailing in the last few years.

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmadge] #118865
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We are flying out tonight.

The Australian factory guys have been there since Monday setting up. Boats arrived Tuesday night.

The event is starting to come together!

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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118866
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Looks like Hooper's saving the tramps just for you, Mateo. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mbounds] #118867
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Being that the boats are already there. What would be the procedure for the container falling off of a ship enroute?

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118868
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Well, at least with the numbers on the inside of the bows, it'll be tougher to be called OCS! <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118869
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From Steve Leo...

Nick Price from Down Under is going to be doing live updates daily from the beach and around town in the evenings in Fiji. Here is the website so you can have all your friends and family tune in while you sheet in in the Hobie 16 Worlds

Live updates of Worlds


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: peter_nelson] #118870
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Peter, look closer the numbers are not inside. Maybe the boats lined up so close to each other make it seem like that. But they are not.

Nothing like a bunch of brand spanking still smelling like drying fiberglass boats lined up on the beach! Images are pure beauty. I had a very deep love for the H16s cant wait to get another one. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118871
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Matt - Keep the updates coming. Looks like a fantastic venue and a great effort by all of those at Hobie Cat.


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: Robi] #118872
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You're right. Rats. I guess that'll keep us honest!!


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118873
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Matt,
The sail design on the logo looks remarkably like the turbo fin on the Mirage Drive. It took me a while. But I knew I had seen that somewhere...
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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: Don_Atchley] #118874
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The graphic for the event is not how the sails will look. Does look like the Turbo fins though!

We finished placing the (60) boats on the beach today. We have 4 different color schemes. Each color has a different color jib and sail number set. Say the blue jibs are on boats 1-15. That color is used to remind sailors where their boat is to land on the beach when they return. The beach is set up with 4 sections and colored banners will guide them in. We have to keep them organized or it is impossible to find a boat number on the beach during the event. You have to remember... at the provided boat events you get a different boat for each race. We do as many as 5 races a day. You may have as little as 20 minutes to find the boat and tune before being ordered off the beach. Most teams meet the boats coming in so they can easily find their boat. Once all the sails are up and you have so many boats on the beach, you can imagine how hard it is to find a certain boat / sail number.

Check out the office Kevlar and I have for the next couple of weeks! We have wireless, but no plug in power in the check in/out tent.

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Here is the whole beach set up.

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Boat shots...

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We do get mud though in the grass areas when it rains. It was pretty wet this morning in some places.

[img]http://www.hobieco.com/linked_images/worlds/07_worlds_08.JPG[/img]


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118875
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Cool, it is a crazy world when someone that far away can update us on such a cool event going on.


Once you go cat you never go back! Nacra 5.2 (Elsies)#1499, running an inter17 spin!
Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: gree2056] #118876
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Matt, Thanks! Great pics! You'll have to get one of those wind up chargers for your lap top! I can feel the excitement! Keep it coming!

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: Brian_Mc] #118877
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We had the opening ceremony last night. Lots of fun.


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and now we are into the event...

OFF THE BEACH!!!

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More photos on the Race forum: Hobie 16 Worlds Photos and Stories

Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118878
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First two races are done...

Masters and Grand Masters are done for the day.

Results here: http://www.hobieworlds.com/h16-2007/results

Event site here: http://www.hobieworlds.com/h16-2007

Womens and Juniors teams are on the water.


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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118879
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Womens and Youth teams got in five races today. Results are up.


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Matt Miller
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Re: Hobie 16 World Championships - Fiji [Re: mmiller] #118880
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Matt, The site seems to be down right now, though I could view the results. Love to see how our teams are doing! Way to go Erin and Caitlin! Hope Sandra and Carol had a chance to move up. Thanks!

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